Google blocked my Chrome extension so I created a website to host it

Re:Google blocked my Chrome extension so I created a website... by vorpalhex on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @11:47AM (#32663785)

You can't give a free copy to the local library to drive sales and be upset when people borrow the book and read it from the local library.

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Re:Google blocked my Chrome extension so I created a website... by kube-system on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @12:35PM (#32664705)

And you cannot take a book from someone who asks for money, refuse to pay, and say "but it's free at the library!"

The difference is consent.

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Re:Google blocked my Chrome extension so I created a website... by vorpalhex on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @12:59PM (#32665055)

But we are literally getting the copy here from the library because the author gave the book to the library.

Google is obeying robots.txt. Google caches a copy of what you serve and gives that out. That is part of the deal.

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Re:Google blocked my Chrome extension so I created a website... by hk__2 on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @12:41PM (#32664789)

> You can't give a free copy to the local library to drive sales

Nobody does that. The comparison doesn’t hold.

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Re:Google blocked my Chrome extension so I created a website... by vorpalhex on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @01:09PM (#32665233)

You are doing that when you let Google past the paywall.

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