Google: Chrome's Purpose is Search Dominance

[wislam]

Chome is stealth spyware created by one of the most evil corporate empires around.
Why is everyone still so blind?

Take a close look at the markets Google is expliting (search / analytics / doubleclick / mail / video / money (fake gold) / checkout / dns / os / browser / phone), they're gathering a pretty hefty amount of info on what you like, what you're interested in, who you're dating / married to / children, your medical details, your exact location at any moment, your weaknesses, who else you're associated with (friends / affairs), your job, what you buy, etc, etc.

And if you dare use your mind a bit more, you'll quickly realise they haven't actually innovated ANYTHING apart from search almost 15 years ago.
Everything, I mean absolutely everything they have is a copy of something else or they've simply bought the company.

It's interesting that Google is supposed to be an "open source" friendly empire, yet they haven't actually contributed anything to open source software - and particularly not to the linux kernel. Their code to Android is so radically bound to non-open backend components that according to kernel.org specialists, it's simply not possible to take any code from Google and improve Linux or other open source projects.

 

[jprahman]

[citation][nom]Vladislaus[/nom]Microsoft wasn't punished just because of bundling ie with windows. Microsoft used it's position as a monopoly to prevent oems to put products with other oses like linux or other browsers and this is why they were punished. And now they're paying the price.[/citation]

Vladislaus, you're wrong, Micorsoft WAS punished by the EU over having bundled IE with Windows. In fact they were also punished by the U.S. gov't back in 1998, in part of IE being bundled with Windows. I do agree with you that Microsoft has engaged in unethical business practices (like we didn't already know that), but my point is that Google is also rapidly beginning to engage in similar practices, but yet isn't taking the same kind of backlash from regulators that Microsoft has taken. For example, Google will filter search results in an effort to stifle video sites that compete with YouTube, but regulators haven't taken action. In effect Google is using it's dominance (monopoly) in the search market to suppress it's competitors in manner very similar to Microsoft.

 

[jryan388]

Fine by me =D

 

[Guest]

dalethepcman: That is a terrible analogy; Microsoft's OS monopoly was acheived by sleazy business tactics, Google gives us Android, Chrome Browser/OS for free, to boost it's search business.

That's not the same as forcing OEMs to sell Windows pre-installed on every PC, nobody is forcing you to use Google, even if you use Chrome and Android. Ever tried to buy a new laptop without Windows? I use Ubuntu, so I'd prefer not to a Windows license I don't need or want. There are extremely few laptops you can buy without Windows preinstalled, their hardware all sucks, and they cost more than an equivalent Windows laptop. I invariably wind of paying the Microsoft tax, wrong as it may be.

 

[hpapanto]

[citation][nom]ms_tax_collector[/nom]dalethepcman: That is a terrible analogy; Microsoft's OS monopoly was acheived by sleazy business tactics, Google gives us Android, Chrome Browser/OS for free, to boost it's search business. That's not the same as forcing OEMs to sell Windows pre-installed on every PC, nobody is forcing you to use Google, even if you use Chrome and Android. Ever tried to buy a new laptop without Windows? I use Ubuntu, so I'd prefer not to a Windows license I don't need or want. There are extremely few laptops you can buy without Windows preinstalled, their hardware all sucks, and they cost more than an equivalent Windows laptop. I invariably wind of paying the Microsoft tax, wrong as it may be.[/citation]

+1

 

[NapoleonDK]

I'm done. I can't stand the spam, I'm going somewhere else. Any recommendations? >.

 

[davewolfgang]

Some of you must love crappy search results, because for the last few years (before I stopped using them altogether), maybe 2 out of the first page of search results weren't PAID FOR Links. Some were pretty well disguised, but they don't even do that anymore. (And no I'm NOT talking about the top "Ad" window, I'm talking about all the OTHER results that are "suppose" to be regular websites.) Once you get past the first page, the garbage gets even worse.

And the better analogy for MS and the EU would be "demanding" that McDonald's not only offer their own Big Mac, but they ALSO need to have the Whopper (Burger King), the All-American Jack (Jack-in-the-Box), the Whataburger, and the Arby's Roast Beef Sammich, along with a bucket of KFC extra crispy and a Beef-n-bean burrito from Taco Hell. But yet Burger King, Jack-in-the-box, Whataburger, Arby's, KFC and Taco Hell don't have to offer the Big Mac.

THAT's the correct analogy.

And yes in the EU - Apple doesn't have to include ANY other browser on their computers sold there. Kinda makes you wonder huh??

 

[davewolfgang]

[citation][nom]NapoleonDK[/nom]I'm done. I can't stand the spam, I'm going somewhere else. Any recommendations? >.[/citation]

FF with No Script - I get ZERO ad pop-ups and Tom's works perfectly. That you don't already know this doesn't bode well for your tech future.

 

[alextheblue]

[citation][nom]Vladislaus[/nom]They weren't punished for releasing Windows with IE in it. They were punished because they used it's position to prevent OEMs to bundle computers with other OS's/browsers. And for that they were rightly punished[/citation]No. Maybe that was a seperate case in the past, but much more recently they WERE punished for bundling IE, by the EU. See below.[citation][nom]Vladislaus[/nom]IE still is deeply integrated in the system, perhaps even more than what it was in XP. The EU wanted to remove IE all together from Windows but because of that fact Microsoftt were allowed to retain it but were forced to make an update available that installed the browser selection screen. It may be unfair but they're playing for past mistakes.[/citation]Wrong again. You can even functionally remove the bundled IE8 from Win7.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10295334-56.html

See, not only did the EU sue them over IE bundling, but also MS offered to remove IE from Windows 7. The EU rejected that and decided to force them to bundle competing browsers instead.

 

[eddieroolz]

Oh Google, what have you become...