Comment by jppope
1 hour ago
I'm confused how the strategy works in the long run. If fewer people are incentivized to build websites on novel topics, there will be less content in general and less training data... plus AI overview results see less ad conversions and therefor less ad revenue. Whats the long game? I get that the paradigm is changing but this seems like its not going to help them maintain their dominance.
Ah, that's where you're wrong. There is no long term. Investors want results now. "Later" is for the greater fools.
What if there is no long game? Just people at Google optimising for their current KPIs.