There's plenty of bad blood on the topic/reasons why Google isn't a perfect white knight. But man, I'm gonna miss the hell them when they're gone. The ability

There's plenty of bad blood on the topic/reasons why Google isn't a perfect white knight. But man, I'm gonna miss the hell them when they're gone. The ability to use the big giant firehose of money to make amazing often open source things isn't bad. It's been like 90%+ great, in spite of our frustrations. Chrome is an astounding browser that sets powerful expectations for how good hypermedia ought to be on every on this planet. Android is an incredible mobile OS that powers a bogglingly large number of devices that just would never have gotten made. Google hardware isn't perfect but Pixel has been a brand leader for ages, pushing the way forwards again & again. Without Google as a giant omnibus company whose top problems include figuring out how to spend all that money, I don't know who else is going to have the largest to invest in the technology world's general health & thriving.