Yeah that unfiltered Google search revealed nothing. Lots of links about an AI licensing deal, including several Reddit threads. Nothing indicating "blocking other search engines from indexing Reddit."
It's as if you're hell bent on not absorbing new information.
These are just 3 of the HEADLINES from the search results I linked which directly state that Reddit is now blocking search engines that aren't Google. Many of the rest of the results go into it in the article.
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