If every news outlet told google to remove their articles or pay them then google would have to weigh up the ad loss from people no longer searching for news on

If every news outlet told google to remove their articles or pay them then google would have to weigh up the ad loss from people no longer searching for news on their platform and potentially moving to another search platform. This is what the free market offers. However Google's monopoly position makes this challenging. There is also the regulatory route where the will of the people demand change. In France such an agreement was just signed: https://techcrunch.com/2021/01/21/google-inks-agreement-in-france-on-paying-publishers-for-news-reuse/ https://techcrunch.com/2021/01/21/google-inks-agreement-in-f... I'm not clear on the specifics but it seems clear thst Google is on a PR campaign to avoid impact to their profits worldwide from such moves.