I’ve seen a few articles going over this memo, here’s one article discussing it:
rudevulture.com/journalist-explains-why-google-de…
And when I say deskilled, I didn’t mean in the work space, but inability to source information themselves…
Rude VultureJournalist explains Why Google DELIBERATELY Made Its Search Engine WorseIn a revelation from Google‘s 2019 antitrust case, internal company documents exposed a deliberate strategy to degrade search quality for profit, a decision that journalist and activist Cory Doctorow argues exemplifies a phenomenon he calls “enshitification.” The Department of Justice uncovered memos showing two competing visions within Google. Ben Gomes, a longtime engineer who built ... Read more