This . . . I just . . . I& #39;m sorry, much of the #Google lawsuit seems premised on the notion that people& #39;s fingers are broken.
Maybe people *have* tried other products and . . . just like #Google? Am I the only one who fiddles with the seat settings before driving a car?
Sure, data matters. Still, if Google itself started with no data, how did it . . . convince people . . . to use it in the first place?
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Remember Excite, Lycos, and Infoseek? Yeah, me neither.
You know what they could have really used? PageRank.
You know what they could have really used? PageRank.
Fun fact: Larry Page offered to license PageRank to Excite for $1.6 million and some stock. The only condition was that Excite agree to actually *use* the PageRank algorithms.
Excite turned the offer down.
Excite turned the offer down.
The ominous talk of "preset default status" and "undeletable" apps is cribbed from the EU& #39;s talking points.
It& #39;s dumb when it& #39;s said over there. It& #39;s dumb when it& #39;s said over here.
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It& #39;s dumb when it& #39;s said over there. It& #39;s dumb when it& #39;s said over here.
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Governments: use companies& #39; internal emails to make lousy antitrust arguments.
Companies to their employees: "Be careful what you say. Govs use our words to make lousy arguments."
Governments: "Ha! Got you! J& #39;ACCUSE!!!"
Companies to their employees: "Be careful what you say. Govs use our words to make lousy arguments."
Governments: "Ha! Got you! J& #39;ACCUSE!!!"
Oh God. Oh no. Won& #39;t someone, PLEASE, put a stop to all this innovating.
Me: A search engine is free. I don& #39;t shell out any cash for it.
DoJ: Didn& #39;t you know?! It& #39;s a deal with the devil! You pay with [non-excludable] personal information and attention!
Me: So . . . it& #39;s free.
DoJ: Didn& #39;t you know?! It& #39;s a deal with the devil! You pay with [non-excludable] personal information and attention!
Me: So . . . it& #39;s free.
Oh, I see, we& #39;re going to talk about browsers now. To show how static tech markets are, remind everyone about Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer.