[jerbearito]

I'd remind you that Google isn't your private search engine either. It's an index of public-facing websites, some with content that requires payment. The job of filtering and discernment is yours.

Perhaps there are search engines that do some of that legwork and you'd prefer to use those, or you could use some of the advanced search techniques available on Google. But suggesting they remove any listings of subscriber-only material seems impractical -- also not helpful to the many people who discover content through search results.

I agree with your last comment:

   they are Microsoft of the 90s (living off of their monopoly)

[necovek]

Oh, most definitely they are not my search engine either (and I am not talking about any absolute right or wrong, just what I consider better).

It's just that it shouldn't be presented different content than what I can see browsing to the page myself: if both Google and me can only see abstracts, that's fine to me too.

If not, I am happy to use paywall-avoiding sites so publishers would reduce power Google has over them sooner.

Basically, it is my initiative to drive behaviour that I want in the market: either offer content for free, or restrict commercial search engines too.