I don't think there's a new element to their thinking. They used to rely on DMOZ's human curated content and then replaced it. Knowledge panels (at least the n

I don't think there's a new element to their thinking. They used to rely on DMOZ's human curated content and then replaced it. Knowledge panels (at least the non-business ones) are reliant on wikipedia. The 10 blue links reliant on the web. They don't mind borrowing until they can replace, and monetise what they borrowed.