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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Subject: Does AI Endanger Internet Business Model?
Date: 01/22/26 11:22 AM
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noemamag.com - The AI powered web is eating itself

Until recently, an implicit social contract governed the web: Creators produced content, search engines and platforms distributed it, and in return, user traffic flowed back to the creators’ websites that sustained the system. This reciprocal bargain of traffic in exchange for content underwrote the economic, cultural and information-based fabric of the internet for three decades.

Users are finding their questions answered and their needs satisfied without ever leaving the search platform.

This shift threatens the economic viability of content creation, degrades the shared information commons and concentrates informational power.

This isn’t hypothetical: More than half of all Google searches in the U.S. and Europe in 2024 ended without a click, a report by the market research firm SparkToro estimated.
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