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The article fails to mention some of the most significant events that have happened in this space: Google news fights. Multiple countries have tried to force G
by LamaOfRuin 10y ago
The article fails to mention some of the most significant events that have happened in this space: Google news fights.
Multiple countries have tried to force Google to pay to continue operation of Google News. Google was willing to simply stop operating Google News in those countries, rather than paying for the privilege. It turned out that the media companies needed Google more than Google needed them, and they worked quickly to get back to the prior situation (which is what Google wanted).
- tobias3 10y agoThe best part is that the media companies are now explicitely licensing the content to Google (for free). Google competitors won't have those licenses and won't have the market power to get them for the same conditions, so they made it harder for Google competitors.