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The thing is that you opted into the services you gave examples of, you aren't opting into the Chrome sign-in, it's forced upon you. No one had a problem with
by partiallypro 8y ago
The thing is that you opted into the services you gave examples of, you aren't opting into the Chrome sign-in, it's forced upon you.
No one had a problem with Facebook collecting tons of meta data, until one day, it mattered. One more link in the chain that ties users down, everyone is complacent while slowly becoming a product.
- lallysingh 8y agoWell, kinda. Now the choice is made at what browser you use.
- partiallypro 8y agoHow long before Google forces you to have a Google Account to even search? I think we all know it's probably going that direction eventually.
- lallysingh 8y agoI think that's backwards. Google without Search has very little to most of the Internet, and Google knows it. Search is the basis of Google's Ad money, and they won't do anything to restrict that. Other search engines are good enough to work if a user's unhappy, and Google hopes that users never have a reason to notice that.
- partiallypro 8y agoIf Google can do what Amazon is doing with product searches in a "one click" purchase model the trade will pay off in forcing people to sign in. A huge huge portion of Google income is from direct purchases, which is why Amazon is arguably its biggest competitor, not Bing. At the very least searches are much less relevant if you aren't signed in, and that gap is only going to continue to grow imo.