Hi,
I think adding an option to enable or disable the web search feature in ChatGPT would improve the user experience. The problem isn’t that web search exists—it’s useful. The issue is how it changes the way the model responds.
Before web search was introduced, ChatGPT could still pull in knowledge from the web, but the responses felt natural. Now, the way it delivers results feels more like a search engine than the conversational assistant it’s supposed to be.
What’s needed is simple: let users decide whether web search is active or not. When it’s on, responses should still feel as natural and conversational as they did before. The focus should be on how the information is delivered, not just where it comes from.
This change would make the feature more useful for everyone without taking away the core experience.
Thanks for considering this.