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This article reads like something between a hit-piece and a I-don't-like-Facebook-opinion-piece. A similarly article could be written about Google but it is no

by chvid 8y ago

This article reads like something between a hit-piece and a I-don't-like-Facebook-opinion-piece. A similarly article could be written about Google but it is not. I think the interesting question is why not?

chvid 8y ago
What Happens When Google Goes the Way of Myspace? Google earned more than $XXX billion in profit last quarter, and yet it has spent much of 2018 trapped in a defensive crouch. This year was defined by brutal press coverage, internal strife, executive departures and unwanted attention from authorities. The company stands accused of various offenses: degrading politics; empowering despots; leaving users vulnerable to abuse; abusing its users’ data for profit. It is in a constant state of crisis such that its executives’ responses to scandals end up becoming scandals themselves. But the single event most pertinent to Google’s future, and with the most explanatory power regarding its recent past, came in Xxx, when the company admitted its flagship site had found a worrying limit. In late 2017, XXX million people a day were using Google in the United States and Canada. Despite strenuous efforts — you may have noticed more notifications lately — that number hasn’t been exceeded since. ... The advertising data exposed in a user’s personal Google archive is, of course, just a sliver of what is available to the company. Google’s real profile of who you are — the one that it uses to fill your feeds and show you ads — is far more comprehensive. The company’s relentless accumulation of user data isn’t just a grab for power or a default behavior. It’s a long-term investment. You may forget Google; it could happen sooner than you expect. But it’s not likely to forget you.
libdjml 8y ago
There are a load of criticisms you could call out about google, but suggesting that their “one primary platform and single focus (social media)” is about to collapse is not valid; they’re far too broadly invested (from mobile phones to search to email) to claim they’re about to become irrelevant.
- chvid 8y ago
  If you look at where their revenue is, it it probably not broad at all (just search advertisement and AdSense). And if you look solely at the US and Canada their adaption is probably petering out as well. And heart what is their core business other than a massive invasion of privacy and data mining of personal information? What about all these stories that has push management on the defence? (Google China, that right-wing guy and so on.) The point is. What this article is saying about Facebook could just as easily had been said about Google with just about the same validity. Why does Facebook get bad press whereas Google does not?
UncleEntity 8y ago
> A similarly article could be written about Google but it is not. I think the interesting question is why not? Because they did with the shuttering of Google+ and nobody batted an eyelash. I would add "unless you mean their main product" but what is that nowadays anyway?

by chvid 8y ago

chvid 8y ago

What Happens When Google Goes the Way of Myspace? Google earned more than $XXX billion in profit last quarter, and yet it has spent much of 2018 trapped in a defensive crouch. This year was defined by brutal press coverage, internal strife, executive departures and unwanted attention from authorities. The company stands accused of various offenses: degrading politics; empowering despots; leaving users vulnerable to abuse; abusing its users’ data for profit. It is in a constant state of crisis such that its executives’ responses to scandals end up becoming scandals themselves. But the single event most pertinent to Google’s future, and with the most explanatory power regarding its recent past, came in Xxx, when the company admitted its flagship site had found a worrying limit. In late 2017, XXX million people a day were using Google in the United States and Canada. Despite strenuous efforts — you may have noticed more notifications lately — that number hasn’t been exceeded since. ... The advertising data exposed in a user’s personal Google archive is, of course, just a sliver of what is available to the company. Google’s real profile of who you are — the one that it uses to fill your feeds and show you ads — is far more comprehensive. The company’s relentless accumulation of user data isn’t just a grab for power or a default behavior. It’s a long-term investment. You may forget Google; it could happen sooner than you expect. But it’s not likely to forget you.

libdjml 8y ago

There are a load of criticisms you could call out about google, but suggesting that their “one primary platform and single focus (social media)” is about to collapse is not valid; they’re far too broadly invested (from mobile phones to search to email) to claim they’re about to become irrelevant.

chvid 8y ago
If you look at where their revenue is, it it probably not broad at all (just search advertisement and AdSense). And if you look solely at the US and Canada their adaption is probably petering out as well. And heart what is their core business other than a massive invasion of privacy and data mining of personal information? What about all these stories that has push management on the defence? (Google China, that right-wing guy and so on.) The point is. What this article is saying about Facebook could just as easily had been said about Google with just about the same validity. Why does Facebook get bad press whereas Google does not?

UncleEntity 8y ago

> A similarly article could be written about Google but it is not. I think the interesting question is why not? Because they did with the shuttering of Google+ and nobody batted an eyelash. I would add "unless you mean their main product" but what is that nowadays anyway?