“Its leaders did what they always do when threatened by a new regulation: They threw a temper tantrum, in this instance threatening to block all news content in the state of California were AB 886 to become law. But that threat didn’t derail the bill, which kept merrily chugging along after Google made it.
No, they seem to have simply gone over the legislature’s head to the governor, sowing enough fear and doubt that they won the day, flexing their power in the executive’s office with the guy who clearly styles himself a future presidential contender. They banked on Newsom not wanting to take on the major corporations that are synonymous with his state, and they were right”
https://boondoggle.substack.com/p/dear-politicians-dont-help-google