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Re:WSJ Ends Google Users' Free Ride, Then Fades in Search Re... by SilasX on Tuesday June 06, 2017 @12:37AM (#14494779)
Because a) google is better at indexing a given source, and b) every user shouldn't have to build their own search aggregator across the n sites they have privileged access to; that's the role of a search engine (except for it covering all sources not just a few).
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Re:WSJ Ends Google Users' Free Ride, Then Fades in Search Re... by sowbug on Tuesday June 06, 2017 @01:23AM (#14494933)
See also Aggregation Theory: https://stratechery.com/2015/aggregation-theory/

There is specific discussion of Google as an example in that article, but the whole article is worth reading.

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Re:WSJ Ends Google Users' Free Ride, Then Fades in Search Re... by ng12 on Tuesday June 06, 2017 @12:20PM (#14498415)
Maybe there's an opportunity for Google to partner with subscription sites to index their content for users who own a subscription -- but what should Google do when there's a ~0% chance a site contains useful information for a non-subscriber?
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