Bye Bye, Google AI Chrome Extension Analysis

Listing positioning

The extension is positioned as a customization tool to declutter Google Search results. It allows users to manually toggle the visibility of AI overviews, advertisements, shopping blocks, and video sections using CSS-based hiding.

Inferred product pattern

A CSS-based utility extension designed to modify the visual layout of Google Search by hiding specific DOM elements.

Review-backed pain points

Users report that the extension frequently breaks after Chrome or Google updates, often leaving large empty white spaces where content used to be, or failing to hide the AI elements entirely.

Observed feature gaps

The tool hides the AI overview but does not restore the original 'featured snippets' that the AI components have replaced.

Support

No specific support complaints observed.

Reliability

High frequency of reliability complaints; users state the extension regularly stops working due to changing CSS selectors and causes layout issues like large white spaces.

Privacy

No privacy complaints observed.