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> Which would be a little less terrible if you could simply re-Google the replacement link but you can’t.

Not only can you not do this, Apple's own site search doesn't bring them up. They just get lost :(



That’s how modern design works. MS is using the same tech of broken links and empty pages.


I'll admit I get lost in the documentation (and various archived pages) from both companies, but at least I can still do a `site:docs.microsoft.com` Google search and get results! Banning search engines from your clearly archived content seems unnecessary and extreme ...


“Banning search engines from your clearly archived content seems unnecessary and extreme ...”

Let’s hope MS won’t incorporate this “feature” in the race to make their docs worse:)




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