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0 pointssuperb-owl2y ago0 comments

> A sibling comment mentions search engines. I think there's a big difference. A search engine doesn't replace the source, not at all.

Google has been accused for years of replacing sources with their "One Box"--the big answers at the top of the page, which are usually pulled from or corroborated by search results. They don't want you to leave the search results page (where the ads are).

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paxys2y ago· 1 in thread

Google is very careful to license all the content that shows up in that interface. They even pay Wikipedia, despite legally not needing to at all.

Kim_Bruning2y ago

While paying for CC content is not 100% anathema, it'd be pretty weird if that was what they were doing.

Instead, I think they're paying for this:

https://enterprise.wikimedia.com/

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