Yeah true but I was referring to the first part: “ Google is no longer a convenient or reliable way to retrieve information”. 
For me, we can’t talk of the past because it has never been that way.
just my opinion 


Taurus

Googling used to be easy: type in a query, get back a screen of highly relevant results. Today, clicking the top links will take you to sites that paid for placement at the top of the screen (rather than the sites that best match your query). Clicking further down will get you scams, AI slop, or bulk-produced SEO nonsense.

He hardly thinks it's good today, just that AI's going to make it even worse.

tech

Even if you think AI search could be good, it won’t be good -- Cory Doctorow

StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears

> Googling used to be easy: type in a query, get back a screen of highly relevant results. Today, clicking the top links will take you to sites that paid for placement at the top of the screen (rather than the sites that best match your query). Clicking further down will get you scams, AI slop, or bulk-produced SEO nonsense.

He hardly thinks it's good today, just that AI's going to make it even worse.