“If we did not act, we faced a draconian future. Where one man, one company, one carrier was the future.”
– Google Vice-President of Engineering Vic Gundotra explains why the company made Android.
That's pretty funny coming from Google, which is hell-bent on taking over everything. Advertising? Check. Search? Check? Computer OS? Check. Mobile OS? Check. Mail client? Check? Streaming TV box? Check. Maps client? Check (now with wi-fi data siphoning!) Blog host? Check. News feed? Check. Online shopping client? Check. YouTube? Check. Web browser? Check. Online music service? Check. App store? Check. And the list goes on and on.
This is why I'm very wary of Google and its creeping influence into our daily lives. I fear that we're going to wake up one day in a world where there are no real alternatives to Google. Almost everything is powered by Google now as it is, and they've been buying up all sorts of companies left and right lately in order to get their patents or their technology.
And God forbid if Google's data ever fell into the wrong hands. It could be cataclysmic. Watching the rise of Google has been almost like watching an evil genius systematically build his empire with the intent of world domination in a sci-fi movie. Add the possibility of a stealth attack that provided the Google Master with data on every PC on the planet - or worse, control of every computer on the planet, and you've got a recipe for for really bad things.
You've got to wonder if Google's motto, "Don't be evil," is a simple ruse to placate us until it's too late.
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