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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)
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Google used to pride itself on sending you to the open web, with search as a conduit to other people's resources. Now, with AI search summaries, Google is harvesting the open web and then eating the seed corn, keeping searchers inside of Google's walled garden:
https://pluralistic.net/2026/06/29/arsonist-firefighters/#im-feeling-lucky
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