By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 29/06/2026This is the problem that Gemini search summaries solve: in its role as the web's most important gatekeeper, Google remade them as an ad-festooned cesspit of garbage text and cynical shovelware sites. 40/ 1704
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 29/06/2026Now Google proposes to wipe out the publishers whose content they stripmined by breaking the web's bargain: that search engines are symbiotic with publishers. Google has turned fully parasitic, sucking the last drops of juice out of the open web before discarding its husk. eof/ 315027
Henry from New York @notgonnahavefun.bsky.social · 30/06/2026By chance, have you read the latest Google privacy notice? They track you across platforms whether you are using chrome or not, just like FB, How can we get away from Google? policies.google.com/privacy?hl=e...policies.google.comPrivacy Policy – Privacy & Terms – Google 1174
Gavin Schmidt @climateofgavin.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Isn’t the obvious countermove to start charging the AI bots for access? 270
scanit.bsky.social @scanit.bsky.social · 25/07/2026I am old enough to remember when Facebook/Google/Twitter fought over who has the most covetable (coveted?) user lists. The sale of those user lists and surveillance became the business so damn quickly, which led to multiple accounts/passwords, fragmentation for the users. This is the core problem. 000
