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I'm looking forward to antitrust action being taken against Google due to trying to lock publishers into AMP.

by deogeo 7y ago

ocdtrekkie 7y ago
At this point, I suspect Google execs know it's inevitable, and figure the more lock-in they can build with standards now, before it happens, the harder it will be to meaningful strip Google's power.
- est31 7y ago
  What do you mean? The government has managed to break up any monopoly since: Think of Standard oil or Bell corp.
  - kevin_thibedeau 7y ago
    Computers are magic though.
    - h3ckr 7y ago
      The government cannot afford paying someone who actually understands computers. That someone would already be in Silicon Valley, not wanting to work for the government. Funny how things work
      - finnthehuman 7y ago
        You've spent too long in the bubble. People outside of norcal can understand computers too. Many of them even work for the federal government outside of policy roles. Not everyone is looking to uproot their lives, move to a crowded, overpriced city and sell their soul to adtech, all for a few more dollars, ya know?
        dk- 7y ago
        I worked govt 10 years ago and this was 100% true then. Recently I made a (foolish) attempt to return to govt contracting and was shocked, SHOCKED, when they discussed Docker as a requirement and Kubernetes supported deployments as a nice-to-have.
decasteve 7y ago
I’m worried that antitrust action legitimizes Google as synonymous with the Internet. I’d rather see Google continue their race to the bottom and join the likes of CompuServe/AOL. It’s only a matter of time before competing services make Google irrelevant. It was hard to fathom 10-15 years ago that someone could come along and challenge them. Now as they take more and more measures like AMP it feels like it is ripe for someone to come along and make Google’s results feel like the new AltaVista/Yahoo in comparison. The Internet is vast and wide and the lens through Google/Twitter/Facebook, et al, which many see it is getting foggy. A time will come when we look back at this era and see it as the growing pains from the massive transition to a globally connected world.

I'm looking forward to antitrust action being taken against Google due to trying to lock publishers into AMP.

by deogeo 7y ago

I'm looking forward to antitrust action being taken against Google due to trying to lock publishers into AMP.

At this point, I suspect Google execs know it's inevitable, and figure the more lock-in they can build with standards now, before it happens, the harder it will be to meaningful strip Google's power.

est31 7y ago
What do you mean? The government has managed to break up any monopoly since: Think of Standard oil or Bell corp.
- kevin_thibedeau 7y ago
  Computers are magic though.
  - h3ckr 7y ago
    The government cannot afford paying someone who actually understands computers. That someone would already be in Silicon Valley, not wanting to work for the government. Funny how things work
    - finnthehuman 7y ago
      You've spent too long in the bubble. People outside of norcal can understand computers too. Many of them even work for the federal government outside of policy roles. Not everyone is looking to uproot their lives, move to a crowded, overpriced city and sell their soul to adtech, all for a few more dollars, ya know?
      - dk- 7y ago
        I worked govt 10 years ago and this was 100% true then. Recently I made a (foolish) attempt to return to govt contracting and was shocked, SHOCKED, when they discussed Docker as a requirement and Kubernetes supported deployments as a nice-to-have.

decasteve 7y ago

I’m worried that antitrust action legitimizes Google as synonymous with the Internet. I’d rather see Google continue their race to the bottom and join the likes of CompuServe/AOL. It’s only a matter of time before competing services make Google irrelevant. It was hard to fathom 10-15 years ago that someone could come along and challenge them. Now as they take more and more measures like AMP it feels like it is ripe for someone to come along and make Google’s results feel like the new AltaVista/Yahoo in comparison. The Internet is vast and wide and the lens through Google/Twitter/Facebook, et al, which many see it is getting foggy. A time will come when we look back at this era and see it as the growing pains from the massive transition to a globally connected world.