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1. Who are we?

2. No, per Google's Q4 earnings, people are still using Google more than ever.

google does not break out search volume or search revenue.

but YC companies have reported some 15% drop in referral traffic from google.

That sounds like an upper bar for any actual change bearing in mind (i) some of the referral drop will come from people happily still using Google but getting more of their answers from Google's AI slop at the top of the results page and less from clicking through to corporate blogs and (ii) YC companies tend towards targeting early tech adopters

agree

RIMs best quarters came after the iPhone was introduced.

I’m not saying Google is “doomed”.

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