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Man, the backlash against Google is extreme. It's much faster than the backlash against Microsoft back in the day - at least, that's my feeling. Note I'm not sa

• fouc 7y ago
  The backlash has been happening for awhile now. Lots of concerns about google in the last couple years.
• kstenerud 7y ago
  Actually, it's far more muted than the backlash against Microsoft was, in public as well as by government officials. The memes were far more mainstream in nature [1]. Hell, even my non tech-savvy parents were aware of it and worried by it. In fact, Chrome's success owes a lot to the public backlash and antitrust lawsuits against Microsoft. [1] http://www.tjscafe.com/tjs/gallery/billborg.htm http://www.tjscafe.com/tjs/gallery/billborg.htm
• worble 7y ago
  >It's much faster than the backlash against Microsoft back in the day Fool me once, shame on you...
• simias 7y ago
  I'm worried that this is just "the outrage of the week" and then nothing will change. People are very quick to voice their discontent online these days but they're also very quick to forgive or merely forget. I might be a pessimist but I doubt that this is going to significantly change anything. Now when this change lands if it really turns out that adblocking doesn't work well on Chrome, then things could move.