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Google's getting rid of the ability to view cached pages. Even though they weren't a permanent archive, I'm going to miss it. It’s been such a useful way to find copies of pages with the actual search result on dynamic pages where the current version doesn't have what Google found.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/2/24058985/google-search-cache-feature-discontinued
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] @misty ugh, same feels for same reasons
@platypus Also just feels like another sign of how bad Google search is deteriorating. It's not like it has any new features that are interesting or worth using, but they're killing off the useful old features anyway.
@misty Ugh. I expect books and scholar to die off to at this point.
@metageeky Hard to tell if the fact that no one actively maintains those is good for their long-term survival or bad. It could go either way.
@misty Well that's annoying, it was one of the more useful remaining google search features.
@misty that was the ONE feature I sometimes still used it for 
@misty This was my primary way to read Reddit search results over the last 6 months or so...
@misty that saved my life a few times when a page was suddenly unavailable, f
@misty oh fuck Google…
though I had not seen the cached copy view links in years anyway :(
@misty would love to know on what basis they came up with "These days, things have greatly improved."
@misty IIRC, that's the feature which enables several "paywall circumvention tools".
I guess that'll stop working then.