Google absolutely controls communication. Two examples, Example 1: GMail. Google uses the mass adoption of GMail as a cudgel. It's no longer possible to indepe

Google absolutely controls communication. Two examples, Example 1: GMail. Google uses the mass adoption of GMail as a cudgel. It's no longer possible to independently host email without being marked as spam or rate limited by Google, https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/gmail-independent-email https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/gmail-independent-email Example 2: Google did a good old "Embrace, Extend and Extinguish" on XMPP, https://ploum.net/2023-06-23-how-to-kill-decentralised-networks.html https://ploum.net/2023-06-23-how-to-kill-decentralised-netwo...