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Google threatens to shut down search in Australia if digital news code goe ahead
- jariel 6y agoI really hope they do - because people no matter what, 40 million people will immediately learn how to use a different search engine, and irrespective of how they like the results, the fact is the 'mono consciousness' will have been broken and baseline behavioural patterns will have been established.
- fy20 6y agoYeah as a user it would be really interesting if this happens. Less news in Facebook? Great, I may actually see what is happening in my friends life. No more Google Search? Even better, the market will be open to a real alternative.
- sidibe 6y agoWill other search engines not be subject to the same ridiculous legislation?
- Rebelgecko 6y agoNot necessarily, the law is written so that it can be targeted against only specific search engines.
- paul_f 6y agoAustralians lose access to Google search, and the newspapers don't make a dime. Sounds like an awfully dumb law to me.
- jackvalentine 6y agoI’m not convinced it would be a great loss, and the natural experiment would be very interesting!
- gozilla 6y agoGoogle loses access to what Australians search for, Australians lose nothing of value.
- jariel 6y agoYes, but that's besides the point. 40M Aussies will 'discover' very materially how to use all those other search engines. Also - I think this is an interesting experiment in news and power. Google should be very, very afraid that governments are taking major steps because other governments will follow suit. If it's a massive payday for Aussie news outlets, you can be 100% assured that every other nation will follow suit. Honestly it may help solve the 'news' problem. Maybe not, but it's worth a try.
- tinus_hn 6y agoWill a site like HackerNews not be subject to the same ridiculous legislation?
- jariel 6y agoNo because HN it not including content.
- jackvalentine 6y agoHot take, and I like it but there are only 25 million of us.
- jimnotgym 6y agoExactly this, which is why it is an empty threat!
- ID1452319 6y agoAm I being thick or does Google only display headlines, a brief description and an image - then if you click the link your directed to the newspaper's own site, which in turn contains their ads for which they receive revenue?
- worik 6y agoMe too. I do not understand
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