There's no way to link to a news story without at least excerpting the headline, as otherwise you'd not know what you were clicking on. And snippets have always been a part of search engines, which is why I didn't separate them.
Regardless, Google allows you to request links but no snippets for your content, again, it's all possible with pre-existing protocols and standards.
Really, Google is trying to strong-arm nobody. I don't see how anyone could conclude that. Google offer publishers a range of reasonable options from full cooperation to partial indexing to non-inclusion, always has, and those publishers have repeatedly refused to take advantage of any of these features.
What they want isn't control over linking or snippeting. That is obvious. What they want is the status quo, plus lots of money.
Regardless, Google allows you to request links but no snippets for your content, again, it's all possible with pre-existing protocols and standards.
Really, Google is trying to strong-arm nobody. I don't see how anyone could conclude that. Google offer publishers a range of reasonable options from full cooperation to partial indexing to non-inclusion, always has, and those publishers have repeatedly refused to take advantage of any of these features.
What they want isn't control over linking or snippeting. That is obvious. What they want is the status quo, plus lots of money.