Maybe they shouldn’t have given exclusive access to Google. Bing and all Bing-based engines stopped being able to show Reddit results. So now Google has a monopoly on reddit results. Reddit is just learning the shitty effect of monopolies and it serves them right.

“You mean I hitched my wagon to Grabthor The Wagon Destroyer, and he destroyed my wagon? This is an outrage!”

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Bing and all Bing-based engines stopped being able to show Reddit results.

Not accurate, actually!

They can still show some old results, but reddit only allows Google to crawl reddit. Part of their AI deal.

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