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Because a) google is better at indexing a given source, and b) every user shouldn't have to build their own search aggregator across the n sites they have privileged access to; that's the role of a search engine (except for it covering all sources not just a few).



See also Aggregation Theory: https://stratechery.com/2015/aggregation-theory/

There is specific discussion of Google as an example in that article, but the whole article is worth reading.


Maybe there's an opportunity for Google to partner with subscription sites to index their content for users who own a subscription -- but what should Google do when there's a ~0% chance a site contains useful information for a non-subscriber?




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