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This is probably a more nuanced set of circumstances.

Google is the big shark, and all the other fish have an economic interest to impede Google in addition to philosophical and other business model differences.

So the situation isn’t quite the same as if you would have dozens of members of more similar size, power and influence.

On the web in large parts of the world it’s increasingly becoming Google against everyone else in a war for survival.




It's also possible others opposed the idea, but knew, for sure, Google would veto it. So they let Google take the hit.


Haha - I like your thinking!




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