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Re:Google Cache Is Fully Dead by crazygringo on Tuesday September 24, 2024 @07:41PM (#41642168)
Exactly this.

It was a fairly hidden piece of functionality that a tiny proportion of people ever used -- of course, a higher proportion of HN users, but still.

Their brand is unchanged.

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Re:Google Cache Is Fully Dead by homebrewer on Tuesday September 24, 2024 @08:02PM (#41642281)
Not just HN. In my autocracy every housewife knew about Google cache — it was the easiest way to read information the government doesn't want you to read, and it was free and always available unlike many blocked VPNs (and what shady proxy companies call "VPNs").
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Re:Google Cache Is Fully Dead by yowzadave on Tuesday September 24, 2024 @09:37PM (#41642795)
I wonder if this is the reason Google killed the product? I.e., pressure from autocratic regimes so that they can control information better.
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