Agree or disagree with his reasoning, but this is the crux: > This is the kind of stuff Microsoft did in the 90s that made everyone hate it so much they still

Agree or disagree with his reasoning, but this is the crux: > This is the kind of stuff Microsoft did in the 90s that made everyone hate it so much they still have to fight against the repercussions of decisions made two decades ago... The grumblings that, only a year ago, were reserved for the hardliners have now started to gain steam amongst the general in-the-know developer population. Soon, technologists will start thinking of alternates to Google when choosing what products and APIs to use. Eventually whole companies will sprout up just to provide competitive products that only serve the need of not being in the Google ecosystem. It's the circle of life.