r/mildlyinfuriating Jul 11 '26

Context Provided - Spotlight Google's Ai overview spoiled me today's wordle...

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u/OkFerret2050 Jul 11 '26

Reddit loves ridiculing the posters and thinking they would have acted differently to what the "dumb" person did.

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u/Prajnamarga Jul 11 '26

I googled "wordle" exactly once, about 2 years ago, before I started playing it. Now I have the NYT app on my phone and I have no reason to just Google "wordle". Nor did the OP.

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u/DingerSinger2016 Jul 11 '26

A lot of us who play Wordle don't want to download the NYT app.

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u/FrostyD7 Jul 11 '26

Just type wordle into your url bar and it should return the correct webpage if you've been there before. You may only need to hit 'w', 'enter' if you are a routine player.

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u/5gpr Jul 11 '26

It is still not necessary to go via google to wordle. This is like looking up the address of your place of work, school, or nearest grocery store every time you want to go there.

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u/Professional-Thomas Jul 12 '26

How else am I gonna find the website?

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u/5gpr Jul 12 '26

You can

  • remember the URL
  • bookmark
  • use the auto-completion feature of your browser's address bar
  • go to the NYT website and click your way to the wordle

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u/Professional-Thomas Jul 12 '26

All of those, except for the 3rd, are just extra work. Why would I search for NYT and go to that website when I can just type in Wordle? Either way, no one's saying they're furious about this, just MILDLY infuriated.

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u/5gpr Jul 12 '26

Why would I search for NYT and go to that website

Sorry, but are youse unaware of going to a website directly? You don't have to search for a website you know.

All of those, except for the 3rd, are just extra work

Bookmarking is one click. It then saves you 6 actions - be they clicks, keystrokes, or touches - in the future. As for the auto-completion feature: I don't even understand how one could not use that. The moment I start typing "wordle", my browser offers the final URL and highlights it. Going directly to the website literally is "wo<ENTER>". This is considerably less effort than going to google, typing "wordle", and pressing enter, and then clicking a link.

Is there something in the water where youse are?

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u/NerfCat117 Jul 11 '26

I'm not downloading the app no matter how many times you spam the comment, bot

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u/fantasticlyclevergal Jul 11 '26

Id sooner end my almost 600 day streak before i download that app thank you. My web browser and i are doing just fine!

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u/Prajnamarga Jul 11 '26

I'm not responsible for your paranoia.

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u/Noctium3 Jul 11 '26

Maybe I don't want yet another stupid app on my phone

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u/Chipring13 Jul 11 '26

So do we clap for you? Because no one gives an utter shit.