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What happens once the stipend goes away? What happens when the tool stops being “free”? I know these publishers are desperate for lifelines at the moment but I
by spking 3y ago
What happens once the stipend goes away? What happens when the tool stops being “free”? I know these publishers are desperate for lifelines at the moment but I hope they are thinking ahead to the time that Google no longer needs them or their content.
- RyanHamilton 3y agoMore like what if long term google cuts out the publishers. I mean when someone googles X, show or generate the article now. They only need the publishers now to get a human feedback loop.
- ipaddr 3y agoThey still want social and kagi traffic. But the lack of google traffic will turn on them.
- a_gnostic 3y agoThere is exactly one form of organization that wants the sort of Gleichschaltung that comes from this sort of tool, and it is not funded voluntarily.