Will enshittification ever end?

In May 2026, Google announced the dawn of the Search Agents era with “the biggest upgrade in over 25 years” to its search box. The company’s success with shoving AI summaries down every user’s throat, which has reportedly doubled the number of queries in less than a year, encouraged the corporate leadership to turn the world’s leading search engine into a place for AI to engage in conversations with its users, build mini-apps, and take action on their behalf. The update was met with the mix...