Google removes ‘view image’ button from search results • Hacker News Board

Re: Google removes ‘view image’ button from search results

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Post by Pica_soO » Fri, Feb 16, 2018, 11:24 AM UTC

jakubp wrote: post #92

Quotes from @searchliaison: "Today we're launching some changes on Google Images to help connect users and useful websites." "Ultimately, Google Images is a way for people to discover information in cases where browsing images is a better experience than text." Do you believe any of these statements? I am still surprised how easily corporations will hide their true motives, resolve any cognitive dissonance internally…

Any horrible task can be split up and thus be made more fullfillable by the human employed in the process.

Lets assume for example, google found some Xenomorphs on the moon- which needed a human host to be transfered to a research lab in moutain view.

Instead of having one person do it, the task will be split up.

There is one doctor making sure the human hosts are fine.

There is a transport pilot flying the human hosts to the moon.

...

There is a grief counselor contacting the hosts familys.

There is another transport pilot flying them home.

Finally there is one person who designs the process, not knowing exactly what will be extracted.

And of course a person who tells a nice PR-lie.

Its the same distribution of organization that made Auschwitz run so well.

Now repeat after me- do not be evil.

Re: Google removes ‘view image’ button from search results

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Post by anonytrary » Fri, Feb 16, 2018, 11:29 AM UTC

Google is reasserting their web-search monopoly and reaffirming their interest in gated communities. Are they trying to follow in the footsteps of Facebook? I mean, Google is an actual useful tool (e.g. maps, search, mail... unlike Facebook which is nothing short of a Ponzi scheme where you pay in secrets and mental health) so I can't really hate it, but this is just plain annoying.

Will they store full-size copies on their servers, or do they reduce the dimensionality before storing in the cache?

Re: Google removes ‘view image’ button from search results

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Post by bitL » Fri, Feb 16, 2018, 11:30 AM UTC

jakubp wrote: post #92

Quotes from @searchliaison: "Today we're launching some changes on Google Images to help connect users and useful websites." "Ultimately, Google Images is a way for people to discover information in cases where browsing images is a better experience than text." Do you believe any of these statements? I am still surprised how easily corporations will hide their true motives, resolve any cognitive dissonance internally…

Google is now a firm part of establishment, i.e. protecting the old ways of making money instead of inventing new ones. They initially looked like a company that could find better ways but it seems like prevailing winds were stronger in the end. The "to help connect users and useful websites" while removing that possibility is just usual expected spin associated with classical businesses. YouTube is also turning into an expensive lower-quality cable TV. How innovative!

Re: Google removes ‘view image’ button from search results

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Post by bitL » Fri, Feb 16, 2018, 11:33 AM UTC

prepend wrote: post #33

So it’s ok for google to scrape and save images and display them without compensating photographers (which I’m cool with), but not users? This is bizarre, anti user functionality. By default if the image is available on the web, it is meant to be seen. This is going to make high school PowerPoint users spend more time, and result in zero extra revenue and zero drop in copyright infringement. The more interesting ques…

Photographers should meticulously watermark their photos and offer non-watermarked via paid portals or with whatever ugly DRM there is. Unless they want to do it for free, which many want.

Re: Google removes ‘view image’ button from search results

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Post by anonytrary » Fri, Feb 16, 2018, 11:37 AM UTC

CobrastanJorji wrote: post #125

MikkoFinell wrote: post #84

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why not just remove the feature for pictures from Getty then, or simply not show their pictures at all? Surely that is within the technical capability of Google.

Because Getty wasn't suing to stop Google from sharing Getty images in image search. They were suing because they felt coerced into participating in image search. Forcing Getty not to participate would have been even worse for Getty.

Google should have just delisted Getty images from all of their search.

Re: Google removes ‘view image’ button from search results

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Post by rasz » Fri, Feb 16, 2018, 11:37 AM UTC

acranox wrote: post #10

TheLilHipster wrote: post #3

Ugh, I've been using right-click > copy image address pretty habitually everywhere else. Guess I gotta get in the habit of doing it with google images now too. Idiotic change, isn't bureaucracy great.

Richer click and copy url doesn’t even work on google search results anymore. You just get the google analytics redirection crap. Bleargh.

find and install Google Tracking-B-Gone, it strips all that garbage

Re: Google removes ‘view image’ button from search results

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Post by anonytrary » Fri, Feb 16, 2018, 11:39 AM UTC

The fact that Getty images won the lawsuit is strange. If Google images is better and is more used than Getty, then Getty should have been killed by the free market long ago. It seems such a ruling is keeping them afloat for reasons beyond that of the efficacy of their service.

Re: Google removes ‘view image’ button from search results

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Post by devunt » Fri, Feb 16, 2018, 11:39 AM UTC

I made a possible solution here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16391196

It adds back "View Image" button to Google Image Search results.

Re: Google removes ‘view image’ button from search results

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Post by patrickaljord » Fri, Feb 16, 2018, 11:47 AM UTC

anonytrary wrote: post #185

CobrastanJorji wrote: post #125

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Because Getty wasn't suing to stop Google from sharing Getty images in image search. They were suing because they felt coerced into participating in image search. Forcing Getty not to participate would have been even worse for Getty.

Google should have just delisted Getty images from all of their search.

Then Google would have been sued for monopoly abuse, in Europe at least.

Re: Google removes ‘view image’ button from search results

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Post by kislotnik » Fri, Feb 16, 2018, 11:48 AM UTC

krick wrote: post #173

So, how do I, as a user, get back at the Getty Images?

If you're a photographer - upload your stuff to unsplash. Free high-quality content for casual use is something getty can't compete with, leaving them only with specialized markets (olympics photography etc)