I've been online since Google was a new up and coming company. There is a world of difference between the civic mindedness of Google back then and Google now. G

I've been online since Google was a new up and coming company. There is a world of difference between the civic mindedness of Google back then and Google now. Google has gone from something genuinely idealistic, to something scary and totalitarian. If you aren't of the same "tribe" as the typical Googler, then basically, you're a subject. Granted, the amount of UI they are carrying along with them is much larger, but the attitude of Google with regards to existing users has gone from really cool to downright disdainful. If you aren't a 20-something or barely 30-something techie, they think you should just go along and acknowledge their intellectual superiority. What you want either agrees with what they want, or is misguided.