"Quantitative" doesn't mean "empirical". I read the question to mean has google ...

corny on Nov 30, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask HN: Has Google search become quantitatively wo...

"Quantitative" doesn't mean "empirical". I read the question to mean has google search returned _fewer_ results. Not fewer good results, but fewer results full stop. Perhaps the asker made a typo and meant "qualitatively".