> ... it essentially negates the user ever needing to visit the site that originally authored the content removing them entirely from the process.
Yes, in this sense they are acting as a CDN. The original website is still authoring the content however.
> The internet may as well be considered broken and useless if you can't trust your web browser to at least minimally protect you from scripts automatically hijacking your computer with an "unsafe script".
It's not just about malware. I'm sure most users would not be comfortable with websites being able to track them after simply performing search results. Actually going to a website is an action with more intent behind it.
Yes, in this sense they are acting as a CDN. The original website is still authoring the content however.
> The internet may as well be considered broken and useless if you can't trust your web browser to at least minimally protect you from scripts automatically hijacking your computer with an "unsafe script".
It's not just about malware. I'm sure most users would not be comfortable with websites being able to track them after simply performing search results. Actually going to a website is an action with more intent behind it.