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Automatically transforming text on the web into Google searches and Google ads is bad for a few reasons. One, it loads up web pages with low-value cruft. Two — in the case of page annotations — it forces publishers to opt out if they don’t like it. (And why would they?) And three, it’s a move that once again highlights the way Google sees the web as something to be mined for value, rather than as an independent public good that should be nurtured.

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Automatically transforming text on the web into Google searches and Google ads is bad for a few reasons. One, it loads up web pages with low-value cruft. Two — in the case of page annotations — it forces publishers to opt out if they don’t like it. (And why would they?) And three, it’s a move that once again highlights the way Google sees the web as something to be mined for value, rather than as an independent public good that should be nurtured.
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Casey Newton (caseynewton@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Nov-2024 10:32:35 JST Casey Newton

Under huge antitrust pressure, Google keeps meddling with the web anyway. I wrote about its awful new 'page annotations' https://www.platformer.news/google-page-annotations-eu-dma-antitrust/

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