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It’s not all bad. I consider it a feature that Google usually pulls the right information from Wikipedia. It doesn’t harm Wikipedia, which is free anyway, but r
by Robotbeat 6y ago
It’s not all bad. I consider it a feature that Google usually pulls the right information from Wikipedia. It doesn’t harm Wikipedia, which is free anyway, but reduces their bandwidth load.
- panopticon 6y agoThat's not strictly true. Wikipedia is crowed-sourced, and losing visitors means losing potential contributors. You could probably make the case that someone who would rather read the snippet on Google isn't likely to contribute, but it likely has an effect on the margin. And that's ignoring the donate banner they throw up there from time to time.
- izacus 6y agoGoogle will start paying for that content though https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/16/22334276/wikimedia-enterprise-api-service-big-tech-knowledge-boxes https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/16/22334276/wikimedia-enterp...