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A bit creepy? More like damn creepy. If Google stopped operations right now, we would still need a decade to catch up with their current technologies, and they
by MildlySerious 13y ago
A bit creepy? More like damn creepy.
If Google stopped operations right now, we would still need a decade to catch up with their current technologies, and they leave behind a massive patent minefield that won't help the situation.
The speed at which they push forward comes at a high price in my opinion. Their dominance and the fact a lot of end users as well as companies are basically fully dependent on them scares me.
Right now there are few (worthwhile) alternatives to their products and god knows what this will be like in 2020 if everyone keeps ignoring that.
- computer 13y agoWhat? I don't use any Google services besides Youtube, and for that there are many alternatives that are technically equivalent. I have zero issues living my day-to-day digital life. In what way exactly are they a decade ahead?
- MildlySerious 13y agoYou're on Hacker News, so you're propably not the kind of "end user" I mention. Those guys typing youtube.com into the search bar of their browser. Their architecture and the software they use to manage it has to deal with problems no other entity had to deal with before. The last thing the public heard of is Spanner. Once it's papers get released the same thing will happened as it happened with Big Table.