The right way to frame this issue: Everyone should be free to use the technologies they wish to use and not being forced...

The right way to frame this issue: Everyone should be free to use the technologies they wish to use and not being forced to use what they don't wish to use. A company should not be demonized because it provides technologies that some users like and other users don't like. "It’s no secret that the biggest companies in AI are operating at a huge loss, in the hope they can follow Uber’s enshittification playbook. Offer a cheap convenience at a major loss until old systems atrophy, then flip the script to reduce wages and raise consumer costs—whether that’s paying with cash or with data. This puts Google in the odd position of an incumbent, with around 90% of search traffic. It needs to not only make good on its own AI investment, but protect its dominance from new AI tools. It’s not just enough to offer its own AI mode, it needs to turn search into AI mode, while engaging in clumsy self-preferencing that is eating its own ad revenue.The problem with this approach is the public is split on...