Guess we'll see, then. I suspect the result is going to be a bunch of websites going "huh? Where did all our traffic suddenly disappear to?"
Comment on Once Unimaginable, Publishers Are Preparing to Opt Out of Google Search
XLE@piefed.social 1 day agoThis post is about Google, so that’s why I’m focusing on Google. This is a positive step forward against one massive, unethical, evil AI company.
Defeatism just benefits them. We don’t need it.
FaceDeer@fedia.io 1 day ago
XLE@piefed.social 1 day ago
Google’s zero-click AI search is already harming small publishers! I’m glad we have some common ground on opposing that.
Pushing for regulation against providing AI results would be a great start, which would make the step in this article unnecessary.
FaceDeer@fedia.io 1 day ago
Trying to legislate the world to go back to the way it was in 2023 probably isn't going to work any better than DRM does.
XLE@piefed.social 1 day ago
You can, in fact, legislate to enact a better status quo. America has a history of civil rights laws that demonstrate as much.
You don’t have to “legislate the world” to make some positive change.
minfapper@piefed.social 21 hours ago
Eh, it’s less about defeatism and more that I’m watching a fight between two assholes so I’m finding it hard to empathize with either side.
Like… Publishers regularly screwed over consumers, content creators, and tried to break the web multiple times. They can bleed for all I care