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Google will dominate because we don't care. It's written in the text and I see it everyday with people moving to Chrome and all that. That only works if we don
by byrneseyeview 17y ago
Google will dominate because we don't care. It's written in the text and I see it everyday with people moving to Chrome and all that.
That only works if we don't care and they're better than the alternative. If we don't care who handles our email, Google and Yahoo have to fight based on something other than brand name.
I think that the author makes a mistake when he talks about Google as being one thing. It's much more likely that it will brand itself with different names just like Pepsi having hundreds of brand without us knowing it.
Have they ever done that? What Google service do I use without knowing it's run by Google?
- dstorrs 17y ago> That only works if we don't care and they're better than the alternative. The problem here is that I've tried a lot of different email systems and, so far, Gmail beats them all hands down--in every way that matters. Its storage levels and general interface is at least as good and its spam filtering and searching (the two main points) are better.
- stakent 17y agoBlogger? Youtube? Doubleclick? ... You know. HN readers know. The rest knows?
- dan_sim 17y agoI think that nobody really knows it. It you go to the YouTube home page, there's no mention of Google other than "Add youtube to your google homepage" (might be different in other localization though)
- byrneseyeview 17y agoYou sign in to Blogger and Youtube with your Google account. Doubleclick is a good point, though. Of course, you know if you place ads on the site (there's a "Google" in the URL) and you know if you buy the ads. So I guess consumers don't know. Would they care, if they did?
- dan_sim 17y agoI sign in to HN with my google account...