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Google will no longer back up the Internet: Cached webpages are dead. Google Search will no longer make site backups while crawling the web. (arstechnica.com)

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Google will no longer back up the Internet: Cached webpages are dead. Google Search will no longer make site backups while crawling the web.::Google Search will no longer make site backups while crawling the web.

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[-] kowcop@aussie.zone 18 points 6 months ago

Lemme guess.. they are worried companies are using it to train ai, so better close it off so they control access to it

[-] Cqrd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 months ago

Maybe, but it also kills one of the better paywall avoidance methods

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