I agree completely. Just yesterday I was trying to get help on a computer problem my son was having. Usually I could just search for the issue with reddit at the end and get sent to a post where someone had a similar problem and others chimed in with possible solutions. I always preferred this because of the variety of answers, as whatever problem I’m having is rarely exactly the same as what the OP is having. Unfortunately all I could find, even without “reddit” at the end of the search, was blacked out reddit posts and thinly veiled ad sites.

I’m sure that lemmy will one day be just as helpful, once it grows and once I’m more familiar with it, but for now the situation is infuriating.