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Don't think any cynicism at all is required to arrive at this conclusion.

• nothrabannosir 9y ago
  I marvel at the creative genius that can come up with a, with any plausible alternative explanation, to be honest.
  • GuiA 9y ago
    “At Google, we love the internet and creators who dedicate their life to crafting webpages that are beautiful to look at and delightful to read. In order to honor the hard work of these creatives, we have decided to not implement the “reader mode” many other browsers have. You can rest assured that Google will always do everything it can to support the visions of all who make the internet as we love it possible.” (Could also insert a sentence or two about how Google has AMP instead, leaving “creators” in control unlike “reader modes”)
    • Nition 9y ago
      It's sad how plausible this is. Particularly in light of how Google explained removing the "view image" button from Google images the other day: "Today we're launching some changes on Google Images to help connect users and useful websites."[1] [1] https://twitter.com/searchliaison/status/964226180776845312 https://twitter.com/searchliaison/status/964226180776845312
      • Buge 9y ago
        Two tweets down they mention they did it because of a lawsuit settlement.
        • Nition 9y ago
          They added that more truthful explanation a few hours later, due to the barrage of hate and confusion their original tweet was getting.
          • michaelmrose 9y ago
            Ya lying to people smart enough to see through bullshit does that
    • michaelmrose 9y ago
      I know these aren't your words but man what a crock. The user and their browser can change about every aspect of the presentation by design including showing nothing at all to sight impaired users and just reading out loud. It's so blatantly obviously about ads that I don't know why they bother to mislead. Just admit you the user will always be second priority and that if you have to choose between making money and making the best anything they will always by financial position be obligated to choose option a.
      • blauditore 9y ago
        I'm pretty sure this is actually written by GuiA and not coming from Google itself.
    • marcosdumay 9y ago
      "Bow toward your sitebuilding masters."
  • izacus 9y ago
    > I marvel at the creative genius that can come up with a, with any plausible alternative explanation, to be honest. "We didn't deem it as high priority as 600 other things we think we should do in this free browser."
    • ItsMe000001 9y ago
      Being able to read stuff to me seems pretty high on the list of desirable features though. Couple that with the fact that a huge amount of webpages are very un-readable due to overload (not just ads), so theory and practice IMO combine too make this a feature that should have higher priority than most of the other 599. Granted, one can argue ad infinitum about what it means that the browser makers start fighting the content makers, and vice versa...
• wyclif 9y ago
  Just add the Mercury Reader extension. Done. Sure, a native feature would be better than a plugin. But I'm not holding my breath.