This is pure cartel behavior: Reddit and Google have cut a deal that freezes out all other search engines from indexing Reddit, where volunteers do essentially all the work.
This should not be legal.
It is VITAL to replace Reddit, and it will take a global village to do it. If we don't, the cartel wins.
https://www.404media.co/google-is-the-only-search-engine-that-works-on-reddit-now-thanks-to-ai-deal/
@dangillmor
Any easy to use lemmy server alternatives? I like the idea behind Lemmy, but god splitting it into 100+ servers defeats the point imo.
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@Synapsidont you don't need to care about servers. A search would find in all public communities (subreddits) across all servers/instances. Or maybe I don't understand your question?
@mapto @dangillmor
You did! So I don't need to search each separate server, that's a relif 😌