Malte Ubl from Google responded via Twitter:[0]
> Just heard from the Image Search team that this is an oversight and they'll add the feature! Sorry about that and thanks for the report!
[0]: https://twitter.com/cramforce/status/1265688067706245120
> Just heard from the Image Search team that this is an oversight and they'll add the feature! Sorry about that and thanks for the report!
[0]: https://twitter.com/cramforce/status/1265688067706245120
Me: When can we expect to see a fix? As of right now, there’s no easy way to visit the original URL.
Malte Ubl: I don't have a timeline. The share menu should help getting the underlying URL!
Me: I’m sure I don’t need to explain how this looks; regardless of your intentions, it comes across as a fairly hollow response. The issue gets a lot of negative attention on HN, someone from Google responds that it was just an accident and will be fixed, but there’s no fix.
Malte Ubl: Sorry, no way to do it in fewer than a couple days.
Me: That sounds like a timeline to me. :)
That said, it seems likely to me that if this somehow stopped advertising revenue, it would have been fixed before HN even noticed. "No way to fix it for at least a few days" seems very untrue, that department just isn't lead by someone who cares enough about this issue to make it happen. It's not the tweeter's fault, though.
I’m well aware. But this is a pretty serious problem, and we, as Google’s users, have very few options for effecting change. If I’m given an opportunity to make a point, I’m going to seize it.
He thinks it can be done in a couple days. Does the rest of the company care enough to make that happen? Let’s find out.