Google Discover

Raised as a usability problem by 7 people on Hacker News over 10 years (2017–2026), in 7 threads.

People raised many different problems with Google Discover, but no single problem has yet been raised by 3 people in 3 different months and threads.

Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.

The newest 7 complaints

Shared links are nonsensical Google redirect links, forcing workarounds to copy the real URL2026-09-12
Links open in an in-app Chrome webview instead of the chosen browser, without ad blocking2026-03-06
Popups and cookie warnings hide article text and make scrolling hard2024-09-20
Stories lure users in via search results, then demand sign-in2022-08-05
Temperature stays in Fahrenheit; suggested fixes across several settings don't work2021-12-09
Feed has a consistent lag when switching to it, slower than other apps2018-10-25
Hard to disable Google Feed and easy to press it accidentally2017-10-05