Comment What if ... (Score 1) 290
What if all the major newspaper block Google. And suddenly ...
1. All us Google users realized that we can survive without those newspaper, and can find news sources elsewhere ... OR
2. One of the newspaper play dirty and license their news to a 'subsidiary' that does not block Google ... OR
3. Alternative news source sprung up .. wiki-type news, etc. That become mainstream.
If any of these happened, suddenly the newspaper will find themselves on a deadly path with no return. The whole business could be lost.
I think that's why they are still talking and not actually blocking Google already.
1. All us Google users realized that we can survive without those newspaper, and can find news sources elsewhere
2. One of the newspaper play dirty and license their news to a 'subsidiary' that does not block Google
3. Alternative news source sprung up
If any of these happened, suddenly the newspaper will find themselves on a deadly path with no return. The whole business could be lost.
I think that's why they are still talking and not actually blocking Google already.
