So Google Scholar now bars you from accessing search term results or papers from your Scholar alerts if youre on a VPN server. In every browser, with or without blocked trackers etc. I have to use a Brave Tor window to access Google Scholar. I am not turning off the VPN just to please Google.

Extractive tech practices are now at epidemic level.

#academia #academicchatter #google #googlescholar #vpn #tor

@evan @pizaaman I dont google, I search In fact I do not use google search much at all these days. I am going on international friends/colleagues who train wikipedians, and/ or use WP in their teaching. I am going on the resources it offers and not headline news. I think the AI deals are a massive ethical problem but we soldier on. All this applies to IA as well.

@evan @pizaaman I didn't notice Wikipedia in decline at all. Maybe this is a north American thing, or Chrome user thing. I turn off all ai summary stuff as its not good or reliable enough. Wikipedia is always my first check. Wikipedia is vital in many parts of the world.