Apple's HomeView strips online recipes of ads and writer income

Apple's HomeView smart display turns online recipes into hands-free step-by-step instructions, removing ads and affiliate links that fund recipe writers. Food writers warn the feature also strips context and troubleshooting tips, while Google Search already merges recipes via Gemini.

• HomeView loads a recipe once, showing its ads only when the page is first opened
• Google Search now amalgamates recipes with Gemini, skipping visits to original sites
• Google removed step-by-step recipes from Nest Hub in 2024 as underutilized
• Recipeasly shut down within a weekend in 2021 after backlash over ad removal