That's only half the story. I dislike using google services as much as the next person because their services are too pervasive, but they had a superior search

That's only half the story. I dislike using google services as much as the next person because their services are too pervasive, but they had a superior search engine when they released it on the web and they have maybe held that dominance with both aggressive tactics and a good search engine. Obviously that is changing fast. But I'm not going to lie and say just because they are evil, that they did not have a good product when it was first released.