In my experience, if you start spreading a good idea out there, what can happen is that people will initially act as though your idea is outlandish and worthles

In my experience, if you start spreading a good idea out there, what can happen is that people will initially act as though your idea is outlandish and worthless, but later on, this idea will percolate in other people's mind, they'll do something with it, and claim it was purely their own invention. Google has more resources than this guy, so they can prototype things much quicker.