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[–] 123 points 2 months ago (10 children)

In other words: Now that he’s no longer getting any money from Google, he’s suddenly upset that no one is visiting his site anymore, because most of his former visitors now find the answers to their questions directly on Google—the very company to which he sold all of his website’s content.

Well, he could have figured that out sooner. What a moron—but hey, he’s already pocketed the money for all the content he stole from his own users.

It’s a good thing Aaron Swartz doesn’t have to witness all this, especially since the greediest of all corporations are now raking in money with complete impunity for the very thing he was supposed to go to prison for years—even though he had no intention of enriching himself at all.

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  • [–] 62 points 2 months ago (7 children)

    Tbf maybe people aren't visiting reddit as much because they can't open or view anything from the search engine without an account? And if you make an account you're gonna get randomly banned sitewide a week later for existing wrong?

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago (6 children)

    can't open or view anything from the search engine without an account?

    Is this currently being rolled out? I just tried with a generic search and "reddit" and it let me pull up a few threads.

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