[borapdx]

Yes, there are cases users want links and there is no problem displaying them in the results with direct answers e.g as sources. It is really about the change of focus, to providing direct answers, in both short and longer form, as opposed to just the snippet. Snippets have been around from the very beginning and they served us and Google well but it is high time to move on from line and a half with bunch of dots in between words.