Re:Response to Google open letter
by RVuRnvbM2e on Monday August 17, 2020 @06:42AM
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> But the news sites need Facebook/Google more than the other way around.
This is oft-quoted, but the media organisations seemed to be doing better before Google/Facebook became the middle-man siphoning off advertising revenue.
Re:Response to Google open letter
by Ivoirians on Monday August 17, 2020 @07:09AM
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User behavior has changed. Look what happened when a similar law was passed in Spain. Google News pulled out and people stopped visiting Spanish news sites, they didn't flock back to purchasing subscriptions and physical newspapers.
This is oft-quoted, but the media organisations seemed to be doing better before Google/Facebook became the middle-man siphoning off advertising revenue.