That's almost exactly the opposite of what I'm arguing. I'd argue that previously, all of this information was on file, and accessible, and relatively well-known. Google delisting it is the weird, anomalous development.
> all of this information was on file, and accessible, and relatively well-known
But there is a big difference between having information at your fingertips in a searchable database, and having to go to a library and do the searching manually.
Perhaps google could provide the information after the user solved 1000 captchas :)
