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As AI kills search traffic, Google launches Offerwall to boost publisher revenue

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53 points elektor | 3 comments | 26 Jun 25 17:19 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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dpacmittal ◴[26 Jun 25 18:00 UTC] No.44389729[source]▶
Is it only me who feels its incredibly unfair for publishers, that not only did big tech trained their LLMs on free content authored by these publishers, but it's also killing their future revenue. It's like stealing from someone and then making sure they never make money again.
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1. AstroBen ◴[26 Jun 25 18:16 UTC] No.44389872[source]▶
Yeah and then what happens in 2026 onwards? No one's going to put in the work to create high quality original content when they can't monetize it..
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2. beej71 ◴[26 Jun 25 19:56 UTC] No.44390697[source]▶
A few of us will. :) I give my stuff away for free with no ads. Maybe the web will get small again.
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3. xboxnolifes ◴[27 Jun 25 00:32 UTC] No.44392801[source]▶
It will be small again. Less high quality content in the future is the current path.