• ElderberryLow@programming.dev
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      9 months ago

      I wondered the same. It’s not my primary way for getting news but it’s a good option to have if looking for articles on a certain topic.

          • conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works
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            Because the content they show is literally the content the sites explicitly set up for the sole purpose of “if you link to my site, pretty please show this preview to make our link more attractive”. The idea that they owe a royalty for showing the content sites are explicitly asking them to show is completely indefensible.

        • moistclump@lemmy.world
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          9 months ago

          Canada put a law in place last year requiring meta and Google to pay for users clicks into Canadian media. Facebook stopped allowing the sharing of our reputable news sources and I was temporarily impressed that Google continued on.

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      9 months ago

      “We want you to interact with our new chat bot and ask it about the news” probably.