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Feels like a no win situation for Google. Do you show results that people don't want to pay for, or do you not show any subscription needed results and people a

Feels like a no win situation for Google. Do you show results that people don't want to pay for, or do you not show any subscription needed results and people accuse you of monopoly behavior only showing sites running adsense.

tyingq 3y ago
Maybe a middle ground with a button for "I don't have a subscription for this site, don't show non-free content from it to me again".
- q87b 3y ago
  One should not need to use an account for Google to basically work.
  - emaginniss 3y ago
    ChatGPT requires an account to work at all
    - account42 3y ago
      So since there are serial killers it's OK for me to stab you as long as I stop there, right?
    - q87b 3y ago
      I don't see the context here but if you want: guess why I never used it.
  - hedora 3y ago
    DDG allows to to set toggles like this without logging in.
  - CamperBob2 3y ago
    I for one am willing to meet them halfway on that. Trouble is, they won't even give me 5% of the obvious options I'd find valuable as a user.
- BarryMilo 3y ago
  hahah, giving the user control! Funny stuff.
- morkalork 3y ago
  Which isn't such a foreign concept for them, there's a "no toll roads" option for driving directions on google maps. Why can't search be the same?
- Pxtl 3y ago
  Right? It doesn't have to fully elide the result even. If the top of the SERP said "3 results hidden because they are paid sites on your non-subscribed list" I would appreciate the info.
- caoilte 3y ago
  They used to have an option to permanently block sites from your google results. They quietly dropped it even before they dropped reader.
account42 3y ago
They had a simple rule that they index what users can see and if you try to cheat your way around that you get ranked down. Sticking to that for everyone would have been an iron clad defense against monopoly accusations. Instead they chose to help certain corporations (or at least corporations with certain business models) present different content to the bot and users.

tyingq 3y ago

Maybe a middle ground with a button for "I don't have a subscription for this site, don't show non-free content from it to me again".

q87b 3y ago
One should not need to use an account for Google to basically work.
- emaginniss 3y ago
  ChatGPT requires an account to work at all
  - account42 3y ago
    So since there are serial killers it's OK for me to stab you as long as I stop there, right?
  - q87b 3y ago
    I don't see the context here but if you want: guess why I never used it.
- hedora 3y ago
  DDG allows to to set toggles like this without logging in.
- CamperBob2 3y ago
  I for one am willing to meet them halfway on that. Trouble is, they won't even give me 5% of the obvious options I'd find valuable as a user.
BarryMilo 3y ago
hahah, giving the user control! Funny stuff.
morkalork 3y ago
Which isn't such a foreign concept for them, there's a "no toll roads" option for driving directions on google maps. Why can't search be the same?
Pxtl 3y ago
Right? It doesn't have to fully elide the result even. If the top of the SERP said "3 results hidden because they are paid sites on your non-subscribed list" I would appreciate the info.
caoilte 3y ago
They used to have an option to permanently block sites from your google results. They quietly dropped it even before they dropped reader.

account42 3y ago

They had a simple rule that they index what users can see and if you try to cheat your way around that you get ranked down. Sticking to that for everyone would have been an iron clad defense against monopoly accusations. Instead they chose to help certain corporations (or at least corporations with certain business models) present different content to the bot and users.