The Briefing Room

General Category => Science, Technology and Knowledge => Computers => Topic started by: jmyrlefuller on April 22, 2017, 11:34:00 pm

Title: Google is a monopoly — and it's crushing the internet
Post by: jmyrlefuller on April 22, 2017, 11:34:00 pm

http://theweek.com/articles/693488/google-monopoly--crushing-internet

by Ryan Cooper
April 21, 2017

Five to 10 years ago, independent bloggers used to be able to get by on internet advertising, like the broadsheets of yore. But that changed quite quickly, and for two big reasons: Facebook and Google. They now gobble up the vast majority of internet advertising dollars — about 85 percent, as my colleague Jeff Spross writes — and a great many media outlets have been forced to move to direct subscriptions or other business models.

(excerpt)

Title: Re: Google is a monopoly — and it's crushing the internet
Post by: driftdiver on April 23, 2017, 12:31:31 am

If you wanna play you gotta pay

Title: Re: Google is a monopoly — and it's crushing the internet
Post by: catfish1957 on April 23, 2017, 12:53:50 am

I despise Google, and only use Duck Duck Go, as a search engine.  DDG does not track you.

Title: Re: Google is a monopoly — and it's crushing the internet
Post by: driftdiver on April 23, 2017, 12:57:00 am

My personal theory is that the cia is behind Facebook and Google.  Not the technology but funneling money to them.  They are ideal tools for monitoring people.

Title: Re: Google is a monopoly — and it's crushing the internet
Post by: Smokin Joe on April 23, 2017, 05:56:59 am

Quote from: driftdiver on April 23, 2017, 12:57:00 am

My personal theory is that the cia is behind Facebook and Google.  Not the technology but funneling money to them.  They are ideal tools for monitoring people.

I won't facebook. If the Government wants more information on me, they will have to go dig it up bit by bit.

Title: Re: Google is a monopoly — and it's crushing the internet
Post by: driftdiver on April 23, 2017, 09:14:19 am

And thats where google comes in.