| Yet another wake-up call Here's yet another wake-up call for the hordes of Google-worshipping zombies out there who talk about the company in glowing terms and fawn over ever word uttered by Eric Schmidt. This is not only a large company, it's one of the biggest marketing and advertising corporations on the planet, bigger and more powerful than anything that sector has ever seen. That shouldn't inspire fanboy-ism. That should inspire constant vigilance.
Everyone keeps talking about Google like it could someday become the next Microsoft (in terms of bullying and anti-competitive behavior) but I'm of the firm opinion that they already are and are using their fans as a way to hide behind this altruistic, freedom-loving image they've crafted. And fans of the company seem frighteningly willing to explain away the company's growing number of gaffes, and instead point their fingers at Apple and Steve Jobs as the ultimate form of corporate evil. Apple has a lot of problems but I'll take the devil I know for the one I don't know any day of the week. |
