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Why? In both cases the SaaS downloaded the whole web and derives 100% of revenue from content they didn't make.

Yes but the product is different. One is a shovel for you to dig, another one is an artificial intelligence that competes with or replaces the digger.

Bing isn’t re-selling you back the content it took.

They absolutely are; you pay by viewing the ads.

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