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Comment on Canada says Google will pay $74 million annually to Canadian news industry under new online law

True, thank you for pointing that out. I still disagree with the idea that you should have to pay to link to another web site. If they’re rehosting content from that website, like an article summary or picture, than absolutely.

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Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Yeah, I fully agree. The goal of most websites is to get linked by Google, the argument that Google should then have to pay for giving the websites what they want anyways is weird.

I also don’t feel like the argument that it’s ok just because it targets wealthy companies changes whether the actual law makes sense or not.

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KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
The problem is not link aggregation, it’s the fact that most of those covered by it actively attempt to keep you from visiting the site. Google for instance, usually throws the main hook of articles into a summary, or moves you to an amp page which isn’t actually beneficial to the news site as they get no revenue for it. Similarly, Facebook is taking active steps to keep you on site and never visiting the news site in question.

So it’s not “just hosting a link” as you are putting it, it’s “hosting a link, while actively going to great lengths to never actually let the end user go to the site.”

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- lolcatnip@reddthat.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  AMP is something web sites opt into by building an AMP version of their site. The fact that you’re saying an AMP page is diverting traffic from a site makes me think you’re not qualified to talk about this stuff.
  
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  - KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    AMP is something websites opt into, absolutely. However opting out has a major potential to hurt your placement on search results. AMP is also limited in what kinda of ad formats it can serve. Want to take a guess at which work best? Google Adsense. Most other forms of advertisement just aren’t compatible, which can directly effect ad revenue.
    
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