Chris TrottierEveryone gives Meta and Twitter flack for the hellscape that is social media.
But you know who else deserves flack? Google.
They killed RSS so that everyone would use Google+ for news. Instead, everyone used Facebook and Twiter.
Oblomov@atomicpoet
I don't really think that's something that could be put on Google though. The migration off RSS to Facebook and Twitter had started before Google killed its Reader.
I don't really think that's something that could be put on Google though. The migration off RSS to Facebook and Twitter had started before Google killed its Reader.
@atomicpoet
Actually, if anything, one could argue that G+ was the failed attempt of Google to keep up with the competition. Ironically, today if they wanted to do that, they could try help the #Fediverse grow, just to subtract ad revenue from the competition.
Actually, if anything, one could argue that G+ was the failed attempt of Google to keep up with the competition. Ironically, today if they wanted to do that, they could try help the #Fediverse grow, just to subtract ad revenue from the competition.
Daniel Schildt@oblomov @atomicpoet Wasn't that what they did with AMP feeds? Essentially those injected tracking and ads to 3rd party websites, while preferring Google's ads systems instead of the competitors. Essentially, the legal cases against Google are largely about the monopoly on advertising systems.