Cynically, it could be win-win, as it could give a big advantage to people smart enough to circumvent the ban, and remove an equalizing tool for people who aren

Cynically, it could be win-win, as it could give a big advantage to people smart enough to circumvent the ban, and remove an equalizing tool for people who aren't. Sort of like how drug laws empower cartels, and gun laws arm mainly criminals, a lack of google would mean only the extra-clever would have access to that set of tools, and they could use them to find each other and organize. :)