First, you seem to be willfully ignoring the point, because crucially Google provides attribution and links—I see them under each answer—to the source. This is

First, you seem to be willfully ignoring the point, because crucially Google provides attribution and links—I see them under each answer—to the source. This is what I mean by it preserving your opportunity to engage with your audience. Second, you recall how even that, those answer snippets with attribution and all, have caused outrage over publishers and webmasters losing traffic and revenue[0]? Now imagine Google only showed scraped content, no links or attribution, and you will begin to see the extent of shenanigans OAI/MS are attempting now. [0] Cf. https://www.wired.com/story/australia-media-code-facebook-google/ https://www.wired.com/story/australia-media-code-facebook-go...