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Canada says Google will pay $74 million annually to Canadian news industry under new online law (abcnews.go.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/technology

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

So now Canadian news outlets are basically partners with Google who have a significant revenue stream that depends on Google's continued success. If you thought you saw a lot of big-tech cheerleading out of the media before just you wait; we're in a whole new era.

[–] Potatos_are_not_friends 2 points 1 year ago

Firefox in a nutshell.

They get so much money from Google, that they can't risk doing things "too" well.