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Search is important but much more important is being able to switch search engines at will and without pain. Today you can do that with google, yahoo, ask, etc
by TweedHeads 17y ago
Search is important but much more important is being able to switch search engines at will and without pain.
Today you can do that with google, yahoo, ask, etc.
So, one company offering the best search service is no threat at all, and competition is always good.
As long as Google offers the best service I'll be using them happily.
- euroclydon 17y agoDoesn't somebody need to use yahoo, msn, etc lest we risk being left with only google?
- zimbabwe 17y agoIsn't Microsoft trying? It's not like Google exists in a vacuum here. How do you fix the problem? Force Google to break up into separate companies for each search field so their service gets worse? Or do we force other people to use the other services against their will?
- zimbabwe 17y agoI agree with Doctorow that a monopoly is dangerous. But Doctorow doesn't like the idea of a virtual monopoly, either - the sort that a company gets when they're popular for any number of reasons despite having lots of competitors. But then, Doctorow has never quite been a bright bulb, he's just been a loud man with a blog. So it helps to take what he writes with a grain of salt.