[lifis]

The expected purpose of websites is to spread information, so whether users get it by making a request to your website or to Google is irrelevant. In fact, if they get it from Google it's better because it reduces website load.

If instead the purpose of your website is to manipulate users for financial gain (for instance by showing media attempting to manipulate their purchasing decisions, after receiving a bribe from a vendor), and the information is just a way to lure users, then maybe this malicious business model will finally be no longer possible.

[AlexandrB]

On the one hand, this is an interesting observation. The internet as it exists today is filled with product placement slop and real information is a rare commodity. The loss of these kinds of sites is a blessing.

On the other hand, Google played a big role in creating this problem in the first place. The search results have trended downwards towards this kind of SEO slop for the last 10 years and Google has been unable (or unwilling) to fix it. Plus, the AI results Google shows are not free from commercial influence and will probably only get worse in this regard. Except now this money will flow to Google instead of $random_internet_spammer. I don't know if that's any better.

The idea that Google won't eventually "manipulate users for financial gain" with Gemini is comically naive. That's how they're going to make money from this thing.