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How could search be considered a public utility? You can use any search engine you'd like. If you don't like Google, switch to Bing or something else. That's no
by mbreese 12y ago
How could search be considered a public utility? You can use any search engine you'd like. If you don't like Google, switch to Bing or something else. That's not the case with things like water or electricity (usually). Internet service as a utility? Maybe (in the US at least with limited options). But search?
Don't blame Google because they are really good at what they do. They aren't stopping you from using another service, nor are they stopping others from creating their own search engine.
- baq 12y agofor vast majority of people, what's the difference between 'the internet' and 'google homepage'? you can theoretically use something else than google, true, but if you bundle all search engines together and disable every single one of them, the internet for a great majority of the population that has access to it becomes completely useless.
- mbreese 12y agoFor the vast majority of people Goolge doesn't control their web browser. For some, yes, but it's only a default for Android or Chromebooks. Browsers can and do change their defaults whenever they'd like: see Firefox this past week. That's an issue for the browsers, not the search engine. I'm not aware of any browser (sans Chrome) where the default homepage is Google.com.