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Google search is not the product. Alphabet stock is the product. I'm in the market for a recently printed encyclopedia, a copy of the yellow pages and a subscri
by gibbitz 2y ago
Google search is not the product. Alphabet stock is the product. I'm in the market for a recently printed encyclopedia, a copy of the yellow pages and a subscription to a newspaper... Those were reliable products.
- treetalker 2y agoNot to go off on a tangent, but I recently invested in a physical copy of the World Book Encyclopedia. It's nice to have a high probability of expertise, if not peer review, behind articles that pertain to facts that tend to change slowly. I learn faster and retain information longer when I receive it in physical form. Plus I don't have to contend with logins, ads, or the sort of interruptions/distractions that appear several times in online articles nowadays.
- sshine 2y agoWhat did you most recently look up?
- treetalker 2y agoInformation on opossums to identify the ones in my backyard, and their differences from Australian possums.
- sshine 2y agoOh… possums. But isn’t a hardback encyclopaedia gigantic?
- treetalker 2y agoIt's only about one shelf in a standard bookcase.
- grandempire 2y agoEven online I’ve noticed Britannica is much more fair on politically controversial topics, whereas Wikipedia is well understand to be a command post to control to influence public opinion.
- treetalker 2y agoI have been considering subscribing to Britannica's online version! At the price point it is probably a no-brainer, but I haven't pulled the trigger. Do you subscribe, and if so, do you find that the value justifies the price?
- grandempire 2y agoI do not, I just often compare their free online content to Wikipedia.