Google Image removes View Image button and Search by Image feature - All because of Getty Image

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Google has removed the View Image button and the Search by Image feature when viewing an individual image within Google Image Search. Google announced this change on Twitter, saying:

Today we’re launching some changes on Google Images to help connect users and useful websites. This will include removing the View Image button. The Visit button remains, so users can see images in the context of the webpages they’re on.

The Search by Image button is also being removed. Reverse image search *still works* through the way most people use it, from the search bar of Google Images.

This seems to be in direct response to the concession Google made with Getty Images a few days ago around helping reduce copyright infringement through the popular search engine.

Here is how the feature looked before the change:

Here is what it will look like when this fully rolls out:

Also, notice how the “copyright” disclaimer is more visible within the search results.

Here is Google’s tweet:


https://twitter.com/searchliaison/status/964226180776845312
Google SearchLiaison@searchliaison


Today we're launching some changes on Google Images to help connect users and useful websites. This will include removing the View Image button. The Visit button remains, so users can see images in the context of the webpages they're on.

2:53 AM - Feb 16, 2018

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Today we're launching some changes on Google Images to help connect users and useful websites. This will include removing the View Image button. The Visit button remains, so users can see images in the context of the webpages they're on. pic.twitter.com/n76KUj4ioD

https://twitter.com/searchliaison/status/964226183180070912
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The Search by Image button is also being removed. Reverse image search *still works* through the way most people use it, from the search bar of Google Images.

2:53 AM - Feb 16, 2018

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[An Ghost]

If bitching on twitter can get Patreon to revert when they changed how payments work, im sure this will also be remedied.

 

[Kari Kamiya]

Oh, so that explains things. So fucking stupid. At least there's still other ways to get around it, but even more reasons for casuals to GTFO the Internet.

 

[MarvinTheParanoidAndroid]

FUCKING WHY?

This is one of the stupidest things Google has done. Glad I use Yahoo

That feeling when Yahoo has a leg up on Google.

 

[CIA Nigger]

Fuck this I'm using Bing now.

 

[Fagnacious D]

DuckDuckGo still works just fine for this and (generally) everything else.

 

[Splendid]

DuckDuckGo still works just fine for this and (generally) everything else.

Except its shitty search results. Those are a problem.

 

[Sovietmongler]

I swear to God every time a website rolls out an "update" or "new feature"

It's mostly Google.
Every single fucking Youtube update the site just becomes far less intuitive and more annoying. Why in fuck did they get rid of a favourite button and hide it behind a pop up menu? Why is it some super fucking convoluted process to see statistics now instead of just hitting the "stats" button. They keep moving shit all around for no reason as well. Why doesn't subscriptions show ALL your subscriptions unless you go into the actual subscriptions page. In fact, I've noticed recently that Youtube just decides to randomly unsubscribe me from people now if I haven't watched a video of theirs in a while or some shit.

 

[The Demon]

If bitching on twitter can get Patreon to revert when they changed how payments work, im sure this will also be remedied.

you're implying that google listens

 

[MarvinTheParanoidAndroid]

Hey look at what I can still do.

 

[AngeloTheWizard]

You can still right click and open the image in a new tab

Hey look at what I can still do.
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Yup, this all still works.

Holy god this is going to make building my next dungeon on Roll20 a BITCH.

 

[ToroidalBoat]

Copyright law is too excessive nowadays.

 

[The Great Chandler]

Hey look at what I can still do.
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Beat that monopolies!

 

[Uncle Warren]

You can still right click and open the image in a new tab

You only get the thumbnail. I tried it not too long ago.

 

[KerryDixon9]

Getty Images is more to blame for twisting Google's arm into submission than Google is imo

Getty Images is a tadpole and Google's the biggest whale in the ocean.

Google's done this because they've been infested with r3tards.

 

[Trilby]

You only get the thumbnail. I tried it not too long ago.

That's the annoying part.

 

[Joey Caruso]

Fuckin' Getty. "Nobody wants to pay 500 bucks for an unwatermarked image? Must be google's fault, better inconvenience everyone else just so we can cash a few more checks!"

It's mostly Google.
Every single fucking Youtube update the site just becomes far less intuitive and more annoying. Why in fuck did they get rid of a favourite button and hide it behind a pop up menu? Why is it some super fucking convoluted process to see statistics now instead of just hitting the "stats" button. They keep moving shit all around for no reason as well. Why doesn't subscriptions show ALL your subscriptions unless you go into the actual subscriptions page. In fact, I've noticed recently that Youtube just decides to randomly unsubscribe me from people now if I haven't watched a video of theirs in a while or some shit.

Probably because they keep hiring on more web designers just for the sake of having them around, so in order for them to earn the paychecks they've gotta keep moving shit around and "fixing" what's not broken to make themselves look more productive.

 

[FuckedUp]

Hey look at what I can still do.
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Maybe this change will encourage people to learn basic web browsing skills.

 

[Aib Ld]

I thought my Google broke or glitched in a way that was pretty weird.

You only get the thumbnail. I tried it not too long ago.

Welp, any other other way to get the fullsized image without going to the (possibly full of malware and useless junk) site?

 

[FuckedUp]

I wonder if all the bullshit Google's doing will eventually catch up to them and make them crash and burn.

 

[MarvinTheParanoidAndroid]

Welp, any other other way to get the fullsized image without going to the (possibly full of malware and useless junk) site?

See the above.