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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

My understanding is that Canadian news outlets are already suffering specifically because of Google. Wouldn't keeping the status quo also be causing harm to these outlets?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Google has a monopoly on search engines. They should have been broken up a long time ago.

I don't know what the solution to helping Canadian outlets other than promote an alternative search engine or educate people on how to do proper research.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Hedge funds are the problem - look who owns the owners of Canadian newspapers and you'll see why newspapers are suffering. Shareholders want to see cash flow and if you can't get it selling subscriptions and classifieds, or getting a bailout to not cut staff or close papers, then you convince your buddies to pass a law forcing some other rich company to give you some of their cash flow. Google and FB are the current evil-du-jour so they pin this one on them.