#tired of this app acting like other apps are the Epitome of Evil and tumblr is the Only Good Internet place

[jjesperr]

It's because they want personal recommendations from people!! They want to see the food and hear what someone has to say about it! There are MANY things I would not use tiktok/instagram to search for, but searching for restaurants on those platforms might actually get you a better/more personal result than Google, and you don't need qualifications to say "I liked this restaurant".

There's also the added benefit that content creators legally have to label sponsored content, while it can be hard to navigate how Google pushes certain websites towards you and even modifies search queries.

[ID: A tweet by Popbase that reads, "Nearly half of Gen Z is using TikTok and Instagram as a search engine instead of Google, new data shows.". Below the tweet is a pic of a poorly drawn Goomba from Super Mario Bros with text below him that reads "are you out of your fucking mind".]