While admittedly people are lazy and wait until the last minute to make radical changes, I believe there will always be choices when it comes to the internet.
Should Google control everything? Hell no. There should people that step up and take the same innovative risks that they do.
Should the government be regulating them? Are we in China? Double Hell no!
BING, YAHOO, CUIL, ASK, etc... should sack up and start innovating. Reinvest their earnings back into their business.
As a capitalist, the idea of having a monopoly is quite intriguing (and perhaps desirable). As a Libertarian, or is it Librarian?
As they say, the toothpaste is out of the tube... trying to stuff it back in will do nothing... people will "vote" with their search bars. If Google continues to drive relevant content, the people will be served. There is no profit long term in trying to force feed a result to the user. That is simply, killing the golden goose.
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While admittedly people are lazy and wait until the last minute to make radical changes, I believe there will always be choices when it comes to the internet. Should Google control everything? Hell no. There should people that step up and take the same innovative risks that they do. Should the government be regulating them? Are we in China? Double Hell no! BING, YAHOO, CUIL, ASK, etc... should sack up and start innovating. Reinvest their earnings back into their business. As a capitalist, the idea of having a monopoly is quite intriguing (and perhaps desirable). As a Libertarian, or is it Librarian? As they say, the toothpaste is out of the tube... trying to stuff it back in will do nothing... people will "vote" with their search bars. If Google continues to drive relevant content, the people will be served. There is no profit long term in trying to force feed a result to the user. That is simply, killing the golden goose.