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> if Goog wasn't a majority "blue" company would he aggressively go after them Certainly can't help them. However, I think that's a moot point if everyone can

by jb775 6y ago

> if Goog wasn't a majority "blue" company would he aggressively go after them Certainly can't help them. However, I think that's a moot point if everyone can agree they are the most troublesome company in the "land of large companies". It seems like every few months I see outrage on HN over "Google increased pricing for $X service, but there aren't really any other options" situations.

thoraway1010 6y ago
This is such a ridiculous statement. Cable companies have taken billion in federal subsidies, lied about universal deployment and speeds, and unless there is local competition have taken customers to the cleaners, forced the purchase of bundled channel packages, charged rentals for modems they were not renting (I should know - I called in every month to have charge removed) etc. I can think of a long list of other large / monopoly type companies that regular abuse consumers at far higher levels than google does. Consumer spend on google is actually pretty small.
- jb775 6y ago
  How are the followings stats at all "ridiculous": Google controls 91.89% of the search market [1] G controls 68% of the browser market [2] G's android is on 84% of phones operating systems [3] G has 73% of the search advertising market [4] [1] https://gs.statcounter.com/search-engine-market-share https://gs.statcounter.com/search-engine-market-share [2] https://www.statista.com/statistics/544400/market-share-of-i.. https://www.statista.com/statistics/544400/market-share-of-i.... [3] https://beta.trimread.com/articles/16433 https://beta.trimread.com/articles/16433 [4] https://www.geekwire.com/2019/amazon-gaining-google-search-a.. https://www.geekwire.com/2019/amazon-gaining-google-search-a....
dodobirdlord 6y ago
You spend a lot of time in an echo chamber that specifically like to talk about niche topics and specifically likes to complain about Google. Do you remember the “Google Cloud is getting shut down” hysteria? HN is a bubble.

by jb775 6y ago

thoraway1010 6y ago

This is such a ridiculous statement. Cable companies have taken billion in federal subsidies, lied about universal deployment and speeds, and unless there is local competition have taken customers to the cleaners, forced the purchase of bundled channel packages, charged rentals for modems they were not renting (I should know - I called in every month to have charge removed) etc. I can think of a long list of other large / monopoly type companies that regular abuse consumers at far higher levels than google does. Consumer spend on google is actually pretty small.

jb775 6y ago
How are the followings stats at all "ridiculous": Google controls 91.89% of the search market [1] G controls 68% of the browser market [2] G's android is on 84% of phones operating systems [3] G has 73% of the search advertising market [4] [1] https://gs.statcounter.com/search-engine-market-share https://gs.statcounter.com/search-engine-market-share [2] https://www.statista.com/statistics/544400/market-share-of-i.. https://www.statista.com/statistics/544400/market-share-of-i.... [3] https://beta.trimread.com/articles/16433 https://beta.trimread.com/articles/16433 [4] https://www.geekwire.com/2019/amazon-gaining-google-search-a.. https://www.geekwire.com/2019/amazon-gaining-google-search-a....

dodobirdlord 6y ago

You spend a lot of time in an echo chamber that specifically like to talk about niche topics and specifically likes to complain about Google. Do you remember the “Google Cloud is getting shut down” hysteria? HN is a bubble.