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Really missed that view image button especially for Pinterest images that are pure spam

by kyriakos 6y ago

ffpip 6y ago
Just right click the image and press 'I'.
- kyriakos 6y ago
  I don't think you get the full size original image
  - forgotpwd16 6y ago
    You are. But wait for the image to load or you'll get the thumbnail.
javawizard 6y ago
That button was removed in response to a lawsuit from Getty: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/02/internet-rages-after-google-removes-view-image-button-bowing-to-getty/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/02/internet-rages-after...
- tzfld 6y ago
  Is there anything good done by Getty since its existence?
  - kyriakos 6y ago
    They keep buying off smaller stock image platforms as well killing competition
- natch 6y ago
  Would love to see somebody make an image search site that lets you filter all that stuff out. It would be fine with me as a user if it respected no-hotlinking policies too. But the filter could just omit paywalled / registrationwalled sites and those that do trickery like obnoxious watermarks or showing one image to the search crawler and another one to site visitors. I have nothing against sites trying to make money. But sometimes I want to see just the stuff that is straight out there and isn’t wrapped up in dark patterns.
poisonborz 6y ago
There were multiple scripts and extensions popping up to restore the feature right after it was removed. Eg. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/view-image/jpcmhcelnjdmblfmjabdeclccemkghjk?hl=en https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/view-image/jpcmhce...
EamonnMR 6y ago
I used to love google images because you could find the context of an image and start a journey there to find new information. Pinterest killed that by creating an environment that rewards stripping the context away from images while aggregating them and then seo-ing it's way to the top of every search. Rendered it useless as a tool except for the occasional 'I need a reaction image stat!' punch line generator. If I need to find something now days I just need to find it via text.

Really missed that view image button especially for Pinterest images that are pure spam

ffpip 6y ago

Just right click the image and press 'I'.

kyriakos 6y ago
I don't think you get the full size original image
- forgotpwd16 6y ago
  You are. But wait for the image to load or you'll get the thumbnail.

javawizard 6y ago

That button was removed in response to a lawsuit from Getty: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/02/internet-rages-after-google-removes-view-image-button-bowing-to-getty/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/02/internet-rages-after...

tzfld 6y ago
Is there anything good done by Getty since its existence?
- kyriakos 6y ago
  They keep buying off smaller stock image platforms as well killing competition
natch 6y ago
Would love to see somebody make an image search site that lets you filter all that stuff out. It would be fine with me as a user if it respected no-hotlinking policies too. But the filter could just omit paywalled / registrationwalled sites and those that do trickery like obnoxious watermarks or showing one image to the search crawler and another one to site visitors. I have nothing against sites trying to make money. But sometimes I want to see just the stuff that is straight out there and isn’t wrapped up in dark patterns.

poisonborz 6y ago

There were multiple scripts and extensions popping up to restore the feature right after it was removed. Eg. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/view-image/jpcmhcelnjdmblfmjabdeclccemkghjk?hl=en https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/view-image/jpcmhce...

EamonnMR 6y ago

I used to love google images because you could find the context of an image and start a journey there to find new information. Pinterest killed that by creating an environment that rewards stripping the context away from images while aggregating them and then seo-ing it's way to the top of every search. Rendered it useless as a tool except for the occasional 'I need a reaction image stat!' punch line generator. If I need to find something now days I just need to find it via text.