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That was never Google's job anyway. It boggles my mind how there is very little public investment in maintaining information, while tons of money is being waste
by seydor 2y ago
That was never Google's job anyway. It boggles my mind how there is very little public investment in maintaining information, while tons of money is being wasted keeping ancilarry things alive that nobody uses. We should have multiple publicly-funded internet archives, and public communication infrastructure fallback, like email.
- Almondsetat 2y agoMost people want to know what is happening here and now, and if they want information about the past they prefer the latest version. Archival is a liability, not an asset, in Google's case
- _aaed 2y agoWhat is Google's job? Is it only to leech off the public internet?
- rat9988 2y agoWell, you can put it like that, or you can answer in good faith.
- pacifika 2y agoBroker ads intelligence
- withzombies 2y agoThe cache link predates Google's ads business
- karlgkk 2y agoUse the internet for a week without any search engine.
- tux3 2y agoGoogle is not, in fact, the only search engine. For most users the internet has 5, maybe 10 web sites. I can use Wikipedia search or LLMs when I have questions.
- onetokeoverthe 2y ago[dead]
- fuzzy_biscuit 2y agoI see your point with Wikipedia, but the writing is on the wall for LLMs: since they are replacing search engines for some users, it's only a matter of time before that experience gets polluted with "data-driven" ad clutter too.
- karlgkk 2y agoEvery search engine and also LLMs engage in the same problematic behavior. Maybe just use Wikipedia search only then!
- meiraleal 2y agoCompared to the experience of using google without ad Block?
- amy-petrik-214 2y agoAs a private sector company their job is maximizing revenue forever. There old slogan was "don't be evil" they have a new slogan, which is "vanquish your enemies, to chase them before you, to rob them of their wealth, to see those dear to them bathed in tears"
- tetris11 2y agoBut they made it their job, got people to depend on it, and then yanked it away without telling anyone first.
- interactivecode 2y agoPart of the ideas behind the EU’s “very large online platform” rules. Basically saying that if your platform gets big enough where its basically important infrastructure, that then comes with responsibilities. I would welcome some rules and regulations about this kinds of stuff. Can you imagine that google wakes up one day and decides to kill gmail? It would cause so many problems. It’s already impossible that even as a paid gmail user you can’t get proper support in case something goes awry. Sure you can argue they can decide what ever they want with their business. But if you have this many users, I do think at some point that comes with some obligations of support, quality and continued service.
- seydor 2y agoI wouldn't trust google to decide what information should be stored and what should be condemned to damnatio memoriae