[LINK] If Google pulls search....

[jwhit at internode.on.net]

I think Frank and Rob both make excellent points. Let Rupert find out
what NOT having all those shares by readers of his crappy reporters
feels like, those that drive readers to his online paywall blocked
articles. I don't know why people do it, but I assume they do - read
those "opinions" I mean. And if it isn't readers, it is the
Programs/Papers themselves! Twitter is FILLED with self-promotion from
the ugly Skynews and the birdcage bottom Australian. Maybe that says
something: readers, if there are any left, aren't doing so much
sharing after all.

And the issue of monopoly is true. If only that were the principle(d)
reason for this government/Murdoch move. But it's not. I use a privacy
protective search service, but sometimes the results aren't what I
need so I occasionally change to Google as an option. People take the
path of least resistance, though. They use what they are first exposed
to because that's what they believe (learn) to be the right way. The
sad (but brilliant on Google's part) equality that Google = Internet
is the underlying problem. To unpick this at this stage will really
upset the apple cart for many 'normal' online people. Hands up. How
many have friends who can't/don't understand you when you ask them to
open their browser? But if you say, open Google, they are right on it
If there were a model that made search NOT require ad promotion to
support it, that would be cool. Does it exist?
I agree, just robo-block all the Murdoch sources. Then there is no
copyright issue to deal with. No one would miss them.

This is one of those very complicated problems with too many
unintended consequences to list. The binary thinking of those making
these decisions is frightening. (vaccine? what vaccine? when? who? you
mean you can only supply 88,000? But but but!!!)
Jan

----- Original Message -----
From: "Frank O'Connor" 
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Cc:"link" 
Sent:Tue, 26 Jan 2021 05:24:59 +1100
Subject:Re: [LINK] If Google pulls search....

 Mmmm …
 If it comes down to a choice between Google, and Rupert Murdoch’s
right wing rags, ranting Fox News opinions and divisive demagoguery,
Sky News and Sports, and News (in name only) Ltd journalism … I know
which I’d pick. 
 Murdoch would like a return to the pre-internet 'good old days’
 … with trapped advertisers and readers …  but that ain’t
gonna happen and not have to change his business model. So his
solution is to attack the Web …can anyone imagine the Web without
hyperlinking? … or a search engine? … and feed off the Search
Engines like a vampire. 
 If I was Google I’d simply stop indexing News Ltd/Fox/Sky pages on
the Web, prune any hyperlinks to News Ltd domains (here and overseas)
and give them no coverage or linking capability in their search
engines and apps at all. Reduce their ‘presence’ to that which
News Ltd can provide on their sites … and see how Rupert likes it.
After a year of that we’d know for sure who needs who. 
 At the moment he’s acting like the soul destroying vampire he’s
always been … feeding/sucking the life out of off government, third
parties who deal with him, and now Google 
 I’d like to see Rupert/News/Fox/Sky stand on their own two feet and
see how they can do without a full service Internet. 
 Just my 2 cents worth … ---- On 25 Jan 2021, at 8:57 pm,
jwhit at internode.on.net [1] wrote: 
 I'm so tired of ill-informed people in power screwing with stuff they
don't understand to satisfy Rupert Murdoch, and lately, Peter
Costello.   
 

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