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I'm not protecting GOOG, just trying to remain rational. People also forget what MSFT did for the internet and how it shat on developers with Internet Explorer.

I'm not protecting GOOG, just trying to remain rational. People also forget what MSFT did for the internet and how it shat on developers with Internet Explorer. It's like running from one shady actor to another while throwing away your past 20 years or so memories/experience in the field. Look we've changed our CEO, now EVERYTHING CHANGED, we are the good guys now! Suuuuuuuure. These are trillion dollar behemots with their own interests and strategies, and none of them are charities. They are gobbling up whatever crosses their path. And the less people laud them, the better. Keep your distance, keep your own interests in mind.

anonyfox 4y ago
you are completely right, but for today I strictly want to see google burn for all the things they have done, all the companies that got killed by them (including some friends getting laid off and so on) and destroying the open web (www) I really loved into the current cesspool of spam and crap. after that, we can have a look into microsoft again, and I expect that the AI tech will be democratized/public by then, iE as the final strikes a dying google (or meta) can do. therefore, I am not worried so far