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

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54 points elektor | 2 comments | 26 Jun 25 17:19 UTC | HN request time: 0s | 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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azemetre ◴[26 Jun 25 18:29 UTC] No.44389993[source]▶
Yes it's unfair. It's digital colonialism. What's sad is that other companies keep falling for the false narrative that big tech monopolies act as partners and not the blood sucking leeches they've become to represent.
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1. blackoil ◴[26 Jun 25 18:42 UTC] No.44390102[source]▶
The choices given are to die today or die tomorrow, no wonder most are accepting whatever money they can get.
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2. paul7986 ◴[26 Jun 25 18:51 UTC] No.44390200[source]▶
AI is nothing without them if it becomes a zero sum business I guess AI tech companies are going to have to become publishers. That would be no good at all as democracy needs many varied voices!