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As someone living in Spain i have been without the Google News service for several years now and personally i don't mind at all. I just consume less news, and when there is something important its just one search away (or just going directly to one of the local papers website).

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Doesn’t this validate Googles point. You are visiting less thus bringing the news sites less page views and thus less ad income.

No. This means less click bait. Ad revenue is a zero sum game mostly. The shit news site are no longer able to clickbait in Google news. More share of money goes to publishers despite less traffic. Clicbaiters lose.

People keep searching for news with Google, the clickbait is still there for google searches.

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