I use DDG, StarPage, and others because I consider privacy a right. Yet I don't necessarily endorse any of them, you're misrepresenting my opinion to come out on top. Your argument is strikingly close to those against…
90% market share implies a position similar to IE6 some years ago, a de facto standard. With respect to RSS, Google launched a free product, poured millions into it. If you're not Google you can't compete with that. It…
Your analogy with DDG doesn't hold. First, DDG includes (mostly) other companies' services like HN, WolframAlpha, etc. It doesn't compete with them, it's closer to prerendering in Chrome. Second, I argued in other…
You're totally right. But I would argue that its search engine is considered a standard by many. And now with a 90% market share it's reversing its policies. Also, lest never forget Google Reader: "Embrace, extend,…
> money is often valued more than time I argue that time is always worth more than money. You can transform time into money, but not the other way around. > which is why the majority of us spend most of our days working…
I never mentioned the word "propietary" in my comment. I said that Google's decision to display its own products prominently and bury the rest is downright evil. Now that you say standards.. that reminds me of Google's…
A very quick search turns up this: "Google faces antitrust probes in India, Europe, 3 other jurisdictions" "Google Inc faces anti-trust probes in India, Europe" [...]
You're attacking a straw man. I don't object to Google fighting its competitors, but it must play by the rules. Google is not a country, but part of society and this imposes certain obligations.
> his time is much more valuable than his money That is the case for everybody, for time is limited and money can be created arbitrarily. Don't take my comment as an attack to the OP, I'm just stating that the situation…
This argument is faulty, implying that Gates' time is more valuable than others'. We need both time and money to survive, when you need not worry about the later, logically you can approach other pursuits with more…
I actually have DuckDuckGo as my default search engine, but as Google extends its reach, we have to find alternatives for other services too. Google's decision to display its own products prominently and bury the rest…
It seems more and more clear with every new announcement, that Google has adopted the "embrace, extend and extinguish" strategy and it's taking it farther than what we thought possible in the past. These are worrisome…
What's the problem with picking the low hanging fruit first?
This article reads like an advertisement, reminds me of this essay: http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html
This comment should be on top, it confirmed my suspicions.
I loved this comment, why is it being downvoted?
I use DDG, StarPage, and others because I consider privacy a right. Yet I don't necessarily endorse any of them, you're misrepresenting my opinion to come out on top. Your argument is strikingly close to those against…
90% market share implies a position similar to IE6 some years ago, a de facto standard. With respect to RSS, Google launched a free product, poured millions into it. If you're not Google you can't compete with that. It…
Your analogy with DDG doesn't hold. First, DDG includes (mostly) other companies' services like HN, WolframAlpha, etc. It doesn't compete with them, it's closer to prerendering in Chrome. Second, I argued in other…
You're totally right. But I would argue that its search engine is considered a standard by many. And now with a 90% market share it's reversing its policies. Also, lest never forget Google Reader: "Embrace, extend,…
> money is often valued more than time I argue that time is always worth more than money. You can transform time into money, but not the other way around. > which is why the majority of us spend most of our days working…
I never mentioned the word "propietary" in my comment. I said that Google's decision to display its own products prominently and bury the rest is downright evil. Now that you say standards.. that reminds me of Google's…
A very quick search turns up this: "Google faces antitrust probes in India, Europe, 3 other jurisdictions" "Google Inc faces anti-trust probes in India, Europe" [...]
You're attacking a straw man. I don't object to Google fighting its competitors, but it must play by the rules. Google is not a country, but part of society and this imposes certain obligations.
> his time is much more valuable than his money That is the case for everybody, for time is limited and money can be created arbitrarily. Don't take my comment as an attack to the OP, I'm just stating that the situation…
This argument is faulty, implying that Gates' time is more valuable than others'. We need both time and money to survive, when you need not worry about the later, logically you can approach other pursuits with more…
I actually have DuckDuckGo as my default search engine, but as Google extends its reach, we have to find alternatives for other services too. Google's decision to display its own products prominently and bury the rest…
It seems more and more clear with every new announcement, that Google has adopted the "embrace, extend and extinguish" strategy and it's taking it farther than what we thought possible in the past. These are worrisome…
What's the problem with picking the low hanging fruit first?
This article reads like an advertisement, reminds me of this essay: http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html
This comment should be on top, it confirmed my suspicions.
I loved this comment, why is it being downvoted?