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Do you not find value in Google's offerings? Do you know of better alternatives? Just talking about Search: I've been using it daily for over 20 years now, I c
by nickpp 5y ago
Do you not find value in Google's offerings? Do you know of better alternatives?
Just talking about Search: I've been using it daily for over 20 years now, I couldn't live without it and I know no better search engine, even though I would switch in a heart beat.
- jacquesm 5y agoThat same Google that uses their monopoly in search to push their other product lines? Such as Chrome, shopping, 'information snippets', news, social networks and a whole raft of other mediocre products that wouldn't even exist if not for their monopoly on search? Not finding value in Google's offerings is not what it is about: it is about abuse of monopolistic power, and Google is very guilty of that.
- nickpp 5y agoWe were talking about product quality... but OK. While not exactly fan of Google pushing their other offerings, I still have to find someone who doesn't do that on their own properties. Even our office landlord keeps pushing us to rent some more parking spaces. But that does not make it a monopoly and the very fact that those other offerings are unsuccessful shows that this behavior is not that problematic. I am willing to put up with it if this means preventing yet another competition stifling, consumer harming, incumbent favoring - regulation.