Remember a few years ago, Microsoft was running its failing Scroogle campaign and I (under a different nick) and others were defending Google. Fast forward to

Remember a few years ago, Microsoft was running its failing Scroogle campaign and I (under a different nick) and others were defending Google. Fast forward to today and Google has managed to do to itself all that the Scroogle campaign could realistically have hoped to achieve and then some: - techies like me go out of our way to avoid them. I just spoke to a friend of mine during lunch and told him to think twice before using Gmail as a single misplaced comment on the Internet can get you locked out with no recourse except hoping for friends on social media if you are so lucky. - People are still making Chrome-applications just like they made IE6 applications but we are turning the tide now it seems and I see a growing trend that loathes the Chrome-only trend. - Regulators are circling in the air above. - etc.