Apple, Microsoft, Facebook and Twitter and a bunch of other tiny startups against Google. I for one want plus, Android and Google search to come up on top.
Why do you feel that your world will be a better place with one company controlling and eavesdropping on every aspect of your communication and search for information?
(Yes, my question indicates a very slight amount of bias!)
Because I trust that one company more any any of the other ones. Google's corporate interests are more closely aligned with my personal interests wrt to an open Internet. Sure they have the potential to know a lot about me, but that already happens with a lot of other companies.
I used to do consulting for a company (LocatePLUS) that bought databases from different sources and then linked them. They sold this as a service to law enforcement and private investigators on a per query basis.
I've said it before and got a lot of downvotes, but one company controlling everything doesn't really pose a problem to the open web or to users privacy, but instead to other companies, to smaller startups, small entrepreneurs, free market in general, innovation, regulation...
Also, unrelated to your reply but... while I understand how people might personally like Google (or Apple, or MS, or whatever), but business is just business, shouldn't be a religion or a sport. People should see beyond the "I like that company".
In the wrong hands one company controlling too much can certainly cause problems with a lack of innovation. Given all of the things Google has been involved with I don't see that happening any time soon though. That is one other reason I like and trust Google most of all the big companies that show up here; they keep pushing the envelope. Only time will tell the impact that might have on smaller companies
I definitely see Google as a business and know that circumstances can change with a change in management or operating environment; there is no way around that though. In my opinion we can either fight big companies and hope to have the government or other large companies keep them in check or we can try to help shape the environment and support companies that further our best interests.
