
is there a native way to permanently kill the AI overview on google yet? (made a minimal extension to do it)
seriously why can't google just give us an opt-out toggle? tired of reading hallucinated garbage at the top of my searches. since existing blockers are super heavy and ask for crazy permissions, i built a lightweight alternative called "hide ai overviews". it strictly runs on the search page, blocks the ai box, and even has a cool "show" pill if you actually need to see the ai answer for one specific search. works on bing and ddg too. zero tracking, completely local storage. just dropping this here for anyone else who wants classic google back without installing bloated software.