Google is getting a lot worse because of the Reddit blackouts
Google is getting a lot worse because of the Reddit blackouts
A Reddit result in Google might take you to a private page now
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Had this happen today. Was searching for some programming related stuff and top pages are all inaccessible Reddit posts.
56 0 ReplyHopefully it will help people realise that a profit motive being attached to everything is actually counterproductive societally.
19 0 ReplySame. Had some things I needed to look up for my 3D printer and much of the results were inaccessible.
Was a pain.
17 0 ReplyDitto, actually. The 3D printing communities I've seen here are just so much smaller.
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Same. I found it funny though. Showed that if we tried we can cause some chaos
8 0 ReplyAbout 4 people at work Monday discovered the blackouts and learned the reason from following Google results. I'd say that shows the effectiveness of the protest. That's 4 individuals that I work with personally who wouldn't have known otherwise about the api problem that now do. I can only imagine how many people are in that same boat.
7 0 ReplySame with Pathfinder 2 questions.
3 0 ReplySame, but it’s just growing pains.
We should start rewriting posts in lemmy with the correct information.
2 0 ReplySad thing is most search engines suck/haven't really indexed mostly anything in the fediverse. Wonder why
2 0 ReplyThe fediverse is really not good for big companies. It cannot be monetized or controlled.
It’s obvious you know this, but we just need a search engine that’s tuned to search the fediverse.
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