From 7e93db4f8d6879361766d03cf76ea052cec3dbbf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Seirdy Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2025 16:05:43 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Switch to archived link after original got 404'd --- content/notes/a-clarification-on-google-page-annotations.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/content/notes/a-clarification-on-google-page-annotations.md b/content/notes/a-clarification-on-google-page-annotations.md index 0b258b8..8edada2 100644 --- a/content/notes/a-clarification-on-google-page-annotations.md +++ b/content/notes/a-clarification-on-google-page-annotations.md @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ syndicatedCopies: url: 'https://community.mojeek.com/t/a-clarification-on-google-page-annotations/2032' --- -I agree wholeheartedly with [Google's Page Annotations](https://support.google.com/websearch/thread/308719098/page-annotation-in-google-app-browser-for-ios?hl=en) being an absolutely *awful* antifeature, and recommend that others opt-out and/or protest the feature. I want to make a clarification that doesn't invalidate your main points: +I agree wholeheartedly with [Google's Page Annotations](https://web.archive.org/web/20250126115122/https://support.google.com/websearch/thread/308719098/page-annotation-in-google-app-browser-for-ios?hl=en) being an absolutely *awful* antifeature, and recommend that others opt-out and/or protest the feature. I want to make a clarification that doesn't invalidate your main points: Clicking annotations doesn't navigate away from your site to a Google search; it triggers an overlay with infoboxes about the term you selected. It's similar to the iOS "Look Up" option for selected text. It's wrong to do because this obfuscates what is and isn't a link the author placed on the page. Inserting what appears to be links into the page crosses the line from user-agent interventions, such as adblocking or turning off certain unsafe features (acceptable) to editing an author's words in a way that isn't required for people to read them (unacceptable).