I feel they are not playing their cards right. Obv ChatGPT is a huge success and more importantly, very useful. But it's clear that soon Google Search will have something similar for users and for free because they display ads. How many people are going to pay $20 for ChatGPT then even if it's slightly better? (for the web interface, not talking about the API)
I know they are still making it free for everyone, but the current free service is not that reliable and likely never be as reliable and fast as Google Search. (and by definition too; if it was reliable then no one would need to pay for it)
One more thing. I know that ChatGPT is a dialog and not just a Q&A system. Also, even when not using it as part of a dialog, people submit very long snippets of text, not something that the Google search interface is a good fit for. But I'm assuming Google are working on changing their entire search interface.
Google has this really annoying habit of dumbing down their services sufficiently to make them work with like 80% of the population (guesstimate).
Do you really think Google will create a consumer-facing version of ChatGPT that has the same power and expressibility? I very strongly doubt it. It's not in their DNA.
I know they are still making it free for everyone, but the current free service is not that reliable and likely never be as reliable and fast as Google Search. (and by definition too; if it was reliable then no one would need to pay for it)
One more thing. I know that ChatGPT is a dialog and not just a Q&A system. Also, even when not using it as part of a dialog, people submit very long snippets of text, not something that the Google search interface is a good fit for. But I'm assuming Google are working on changing their entire search interface.