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New Google Court Doc: Open Web Is In Rapid Decline


Google's CEO, Sundar Pichai, said in May that web publishing is not dying. Nick Fox, VP of Search at Google, said in May that the web is thriving. But in a court document filed by Google on late Friday, Google's lawyers wrote, "The fact is that today, the open web is already in rapid decline."

Home/ Google News/ New Google Court Doc: Open Web Is In Rapid Decline Sep 8, 2025 - 7:31 am 29 — by Barry Schwartz Barry Schwartz is the CEO of RustyBrick and a technologist, a New York Web service firm specializing in customized online technology that helps companies decrease costs and increase sales. Barry graduated from the City University of New York and lives with his family in the NYC region. Update: Dan Taylor, Vice President, Global Ads at Google, responded on X:

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