But that's not for a lack of trying. Google has launched 5 social networks, 4 messaging apps, and dozens of phones by now. The only reason it's not yet a wall

But that's not for a lack of trying. Google has launched 5 social networks, 4 messaging apps, and dozens of phones by now. The only reason it's not yet a walled garden is because Google is incompetent at it for now, but we can't bet the future of the open web on that.