Ian Betteridge on Nostr: npub1w6avn…2wruy npub1ge3d7…3xz7v Google's bet is twofold: first, publishers rely ...

npub1w6avnpmnav4fga9axw08t48zg8jdntvwgyyr7987uxnh7ftclnlq92wruy (npub1w6a…wruy) npub1ge3d7jmlrefrtw3xxn0d9arm9dgtdxpdwl9em55t2g99k0ssjlxsk3xz7v (npub1ge3…xz7v) Google's bet is twofold: first, publishers rely too much on scale traffic to ever shut off access to it (this is why you can't block search generative experience, the AI-driven answers at the top of a results page, without blocking Google entirely). Second, it believes that for most users, it can algorithmically generate recommendations and answers without publisher content. And given the state of what passes for testing and reviews, it's probably right.