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Re:Google removes ‘view image’ button from search results by subroutine on Friday February 16, 2018 @07:39AM (#16391887)
I think Google prefers to minimize the: "if this domain, and only this domain, do this special thing". Like you said, given that it would be absurd to remove a UI element based on some whim that it'd put them in compliance, I'm sure a major element of the plaintiff's litigation case hinged on this very feature.
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Re:Google removes ‘view image’ button from search results by prepend on Friday February 16, 2018 @11:57AM (#16393692)
They have many cases of this. They actively filter based on domain to comply with takedown notices. That’s the most public example of how they have a huge number of exceptions based on domain and file.

Of course, I’m sure they do this in an intelligent way rather than literally a bunch of one off kludges.

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Re:Google removes ‘view image’ button from search results by subroutine on Saturday February 17, 2018 @02:51PM (#16402374)
Maybe completely ignoring a domain is different than a implementing subroutine that ignores indexing a domain's images but not its other (text-based) content?
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