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"Why does Buzz even exist? Is it because Google wants to make my life better in some way? No. Buzz exists because Google feels threatened by Twitter and Faceboo
by alexro 17y ago
"Why does Buzz even exist? Is it because Google wants to make my life better in some way? No. Buzz exists because Google feels threatened by Twitter and Facebook and wants to kill them. Google has become what Microsoft used to be—the Borg, the company that gobbles up ideas from smaller rivals and cranks out lame imitations in an attempt to put the little guys out of business." - he nailed it
- MikeCapone 17y agoIf the imitation is lame, then that's too bad. But if it becomes better over time and is more open, then that'll be a good thing. It's always surprising how people can on one hand deplore how closed Facebook is, and how it doesn't have competition and is just becoming a big monopolistic walled-garden, and then when more open competition arrives, they whine that there are too many social networks and that someone else than Google should've done it (oh yeah, who else has the installed user base to compete with Facebook and Twitter?).
- alexro 17y agoThat definitely is a difficult position for Google to be in, hence they need not to rush with such important decisions as privacy inside the email application.