Ben's Talk3G Blog

As a general observation, I've noticed an increasing amount of anti-Google sentiment around the web, mostly in comments but also on TV (that BBC2 programme about the Internet focussed heavily on Google's domination last week) and in the news. Today it's Vodafone CEO Vittorio Colao's turn, as he suggests that there are choice implications when what he's really screaming is *somebody regulate this giant before there's no ad revenue left for the rest of us*. http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2...s-google-power

While long at odds with Microsoft, Google has alienated Apple with Android and Chrome OS, and we're yet to see the impact of the Nexus One on Android development partners who may now be actively seeking to reduce their forward commitment to the OS since Google got into hardware. It spanked Mozilla with the Chrome browser, and, as a cheeky smirk to oft-broken money-pit Twitter, threw Buzz into the mix. Facebook is walking around with a target on its back.

No longer a partner to be trusted, Google seems determined to go it alone in almost every aspect of the net. It's even running its own public DNS!

I believe competition should sort things like this out, because there's no reason for Google's dominance, as far as I can see, other than it being exceptional at search, and arguably mail. Definitely ads. But such a cash-rich company can simply acquire any tech that it sees as a threat... preventing future acquisitions and mandating organic growth is, then, perhaps the way forward for now.

What do you think?