My first foray on the internet was AltaVista, at a friends’ pc with dialup connection. Still gives me a nostalgic feeling to think about that moment when the realization of all the opportunities kicked in.
The power vacuum would be insane, realistically speaking, Meta, Xitter, Amazon and Microsoft would race to fill it. It could be a good thing to split Google but it could also go sideways very quickly.
Imagine living in a post Google internet.
Many of us remember time before Google, too.
I remember when Gmail was new and invite only.
My first foray on the internet was AltaVista, at a friends’ pc with dialup connection. Still gives me a nostalgic feeling to think about that moment when the realization of all the opportunities kicked in.
Somehow, I doubt it’ll be the same
The power vacuum would be insane, realistically speaking, Meta, Xitter, Amazon and Microsoft would race to fill it. It could be a good thing to split Google but it could also go sideways very quickly.
All of those need some antitrust attention, too.
Those then as well shall be broken up :)
One can dream about that indeed!
The best part of the trust busting hammer is it’s re-useable.