Kind of makes sense, given how integrated Gemini summaries are to Google Search, last I checked, but ultimately, this might be a good thing. I'm 100% in favor of breaking Google's monopoly one way or another. Brave and DuckDuckGo and Kagi are all fine alternatives worthy of more prominence.
It would be amazing to have working web search again.
AI lies and gaslighting are driving me up the wall. (Good thing I don't have hypertension.)
I overall agree with you, but I'm certain google could just disable the AI summaries on top in these scenarios instead