He didn’t ban news on their platforms in Canada. He disabled links to news platforms because the Canadian government passed a bizarre law that forced them to pay news agencies for the privilege of hot linking to them.
The problem with that theory is that 99% of news are not by the company running the news website either. Not to mention that they wouldn’t get any traffic if nobody was allowed to link to them.
Part of the issue is that Facebook and Instagram can show news stories without linking out to them, so users don’t get the opportunity to see the news companies’ ads or to sign up for a subscription.
He didn’t ban news on their platforms in Canada. He disabled links to news platforms because the Canadian government passed a bizarre law that forced them to pay news agencies for the privilege of hot linking to them.
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The problem with that theory is that 99% of news are not by the company running the news website either. Not to mention that they wouldn’t get any traffic if nobody was allowed to link to them.
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What about search engines? These provide links as well.
And what about this link from OP, should Lemmy world have to pay for OP posting a link to this news article.
Could you imagine if a telephone book had to pay you or your business to list your business phone number.
Google does pay Canadian news companies to show their content.
Part of the issue is that Facebook and Instagram can show news stories without linking out to them, so users don’t get the opportunity to see the news companies’ ads or to sign up for a subscription.
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