About whether ChatGPT Search could replace ad-driven web search with reliable answers.
Has this happened?
Yes 82 (61%)Not sure 20 (15%)No 33 (24%)
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
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About whether ChatGPT Search could replace ad-driven web search with reliable answers.
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
I am excited for a future where I search for some info and don't end up sifting through ads and getting distracted by some tangential clickbait article.
Fundamentally it feels like that cant happen though because there is no money in it, but a reality where my phone is an all knowing voice I can reliably get info from instead of a distraction machine would be awesome.
I do "no screen" days sometimes and tried to do one using chatGPT voice mode so I could look things up without staring at a screen. It was miles from replacing search, but I would adopt it in a second if it could.