Users Push Back as Amazon, MyLabcorp Replace Working Search With Slow "Ask AI"
CorndogQueen420 · reddit · 2026-11-12
A Reddit user details how apps are replacing functional database search with "ask AI": Amazon's app now redirects searches to a slow AI assistant with limited results (the author uninstalled it), MyLabcorp removed normal search entirely with 10s+ responses and no clickable links to medical records, and Oracle Health generates for 5-10 seconds instead of instant lookup. The author, no AI hater, asks who this is actually for.
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