Board 8 > Google's attempts at monopolistic internet control are going as planned

(+) Yeah! (+)

and all their supporters are lapping it up. "But guys, they said they're not evil."

Oh, OK. I'm sure this glib aphorism is a suitable explanation. It's not like a major corporation (one that barely pays anything in taxes mind you) has ever lied before.

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Black Turtle beat me, Yesmar in the Fall 2010 Guru Contest!

Bump

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"Ahem! There is *sand* on my *boot*!"--Kefka
Black Turtle beat me, Yesmar in the Fall 2010 Guru Contest!

i'd rather have google control the internet than comcast

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maybe, lol

It's better than letting Microsoft take over.

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google is the company most qualified to control the googlenet, i mean, it is in their name after all...or will be soon :3

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Well somebody better damn well be a dictator.

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Well, it's not going to work for Google. They've still got strong competitors. And the solution is certainly not government interference.

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It's my firm belief that Google and Disney could join forces and be a super power.

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http://www.xkcd.com/792/

Old news, what of it?

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When I go on my PC, I go on Google Chrome, do some Google searches, check my GMail*, watch YouTube, and use other Google services.

Then I go on my Android phone, with its OS made by Google, and the Google logo on the back of my phone. Again, it is Google Search, GMail*, YouTube, and other Google services and apps.

I might as well have a Google ISP while I'm at it, because at this point, Google is a huge part of my life so it doesn't even matter anymore.

In 10 years, we will not live in the United States of America. It will be the United States of Google.

*Not really, I tried and can't fully make the switch from Yahoo!, so I just forward it to that. BUT STILL

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i welcome our google overlords.

Just as long as I dont have to use their browser.

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Now now, Chrome is a great browser!

Browser (awesome name, right?) on Android, on the other hand, is average at best for a mobile browser!

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Zachnorn Everything = overrated.
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Is this in response to G+? Because inertia will probably keep Facebook in control. People don't want to make whole new networks.

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Is this in response to G+? Because inertia will probably keep Facebook in control. People don't want to make whole new networks.

I mean partly. I've thought it for a while now.

To be honest, I find this sort of "diagonal" integration where one company attempts to buy up major properties in different fields (the same way that media conglomerates try to own as many media platforms they can, having film studios/TV channels/record companies, etc.), a little more worrying than traditional vertical or horizontal intergration. In least in those cases you only have one specific industry to be concerned with.

Look at the media landscape. Almost all of the movies/music/tv, and a lot of print as well, that you consume is filtered through 7 companies essentially (Disney, GE, NewsCorp, Viacom, Time Warner, Sony and CBS), with Comcast now snapping at their heels. How does one even begin to untangle that?

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"Ahem! There is *sand* on my *boot*!"--Kefka
Black Turtle beat me, Yesmar in the Fall 2010 Guru Contest!