"We" stopped using google because it sucks for finding what we are looking for. Yes LLMs made the spam low effort content flooding the internet even worse.
I stopped using Google well before LLMs, because Google became almost worthless to me. But I still use a search engine heavily. LLMs haven't been able to even come close to replacing one for me, and I do find it surprising that they have for others.
I still use DDG. LLMs are useful, but not universally so. There are many more results that contain information than an LLM will quote or link you to.