One Google exec recently said the web is “thriving.”

For months, Google has maintained that the web is “thriving,” AI isn’t tanking traffic, and its search engine is sending people to a wider variety of websites than ever. But in a court filing from last week, Google admitted that “the open web is already in rapid decline” (with regard to advertising, kinda-sorta)

    • artifex@piefed.socialOPEnglish
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      15 minutes ago

      Not broken, working as intended (for them). They just happened to say the quiet part out loud this time.