I don't have a strong opinion about whether or not google should be regulated or not. However, this guy doesn't seem appreciate the scale of the difficulties that google solved and how much better google was than the competition. They almost single-handedly transformed the internet into a useful tool. Altavista and yahoo were like looking up information in a card catalog in comparison. It wasn't just a first mover advantage. And they followed it up by releasing, an ads platform that made everyone else look like amateur hour, a mail product that was far better than hotmail, a mapping tool much better than MapQuest,
and a web browser that was far better than ie or Firefox.
They are in the position they're in because they solved a lot of difficult problems and made it look easy. If we ever get to the point that we need as a society to rein them in, we should do it with a full understanding of what they've accomplished.
It's bizarre to accuse the company that made the internet into what it is today of somehow crushing it.
They are in the position they're in because they solved a lot of difficult problems and made it look easy. If we ever get to the point that we need as a society to rein them in, we should do it with a full understanding of what they've accomplished.
It's bizarre to accuse the company that made the internet into what it is today of somehow crushing it.