On 1/19/12 9:52 AM, bratt wrote:
> The problem as I see it is that Google is almost a monoply. Puter
> illiterates like myself have no choice but to use it. Unlike going in a
> store, or a campaign sign on a front lawn.
Say what? Monopoly? They have competing search engines, competing map
sites, competing free email sites, and competing satellite image sites.
All of these things existed before Google started doing them.
In the best aspects of a free-market, they got market share and success
by doing it better (and integrating it better) than their competitors.
I don't like everything they do, for example they're too quick to
knuckle under to government pressure in places like China. But they are
no monopoly. And as fickle as Internet businesses can be, if they screw
up or someone else comes along and does it better, they'll lose their
market share. Remember MySpace?
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Truthseeker