I will agree with you that Google has killed the web, news groups, federated chat, and so many other things, but I find the term "balkanization" both very disre

I will agree with you that Google has killed the web, news groups, federated chat, and so many other things, but I find the term "balkanization" both very disrespectful and at the same time a bad fit for describing Google subverting nearly all communication channels.