 SLDPremium
join:2002-04-17
San Francisco, CA | Not me, sorry... With Google's recent anti-consumer turnaround, I'm weening myself off of Google's services. That means, I'm avoiding Google serivices and dropping development for Google Maps for all of my clients - quite a few Fortune 500s and they support this. I'll be using Google for what they've done best - search. |
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| then what do you use to replace google maps? |
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join:2001-09-30
Santa Rosa, CA
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| said by Clever_Proxy:then what do you use to replace google maps? That's what I'm wondering. Bing? MapQuest? LOL.
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 AlcoholPremium
join:2003-05-26
Climax, MI
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said by SLD:With Google's recent anti-consumer turnaround, I'm weening myself off of Google's services. That means, I'm avoiding Google serivices and dropping development for Google Maps for all of my clients - quite a few Fortune 500s and they support this. I'll be using Google for what they've done best - search. Why still use google for search? Shouldn't you boycott that since they make the most money off the ads on google?
Ever use gmail? Youtube? Chrome? Android?
Good luck trying to avoid google.
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SLDPremium
join:2002-04-17
San Francisco, CA
2 edits | Nope, I haven't. Why search? Because Google search is a good product and benefits none from their new network stance. |
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join:2001-03-28
Saint Louis, MO
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| said by SLD:Nope, I haven't. Why search? Because Google search is a good product and benefits none from their new network stance. But google maps does? |
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SLDPremium
join:2002-04-17
San Francisco, CA | Yes, Maps is high-bandwidth compared to search. CDN makes a huge difference there. |
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AlcoholPremium
join:2003-05-26
Climax, MI
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said by SLD:Nope, I haven't. Why search? Because Google search is a good product and benefits none from their new network stance. Actually google search benefits them the most. It's where they make majority of their money from.
gmail, youtube, maps, google loses money.
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SLDPremium
join:2002-04-17
San Francisco, CA | True, but search doesn't push their need for a two-tier Internet. The other services do. |
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AlcoholPremium
join:2003-05-26
Climax, MI
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| said by SLD:True, but search doesn't push their need for a two-tier Internet. The other services do. I understand your concern, but not your logic.
If you don't support their two-tier internet, you shouldn't be using anything that gives them more money (thus more power).
Why not use Bing for search.
And you should be using youtube, gmail, and google maps because google LOSES money on those services. They don't make enough money off ads for those to be profitable.
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SLDPremium
join:2002-04-17
San Francisco, CA
2 edits | If your goal is to drain Google of funding, then yes, you can try, but it will only fuel their desire to prioritze network traffic, and they **will** suceed at doing so.
If you stop using the services that benefit from prioritization, you've cut off the issue at the knees. |
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join:2003-05-26
Climax, MI
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| said by SLD:If your goal is to drain Google of funding, then yes, you can try, but it will only fuel their desire to prioritze network traffic, and they **will** suceed at doing so. If you stop using the services that benefit from prioritization, you've cut off the issue at the knees. That's not my goal. I like google 
I'm just pointing out the flaw in your theory.
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SLDPremium
join:2002-04-17
San Francisco, CA | And I just described how it is not a flaw, but rather, your idea was flawed. |
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AlcoholPremium
join:2003-05-26
Climax, MI
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| said by SLD:And I just described how it is not a flaw, but rather, your idea was flawed. Sure, whatever you say. Anyone that knows anything about how corporations work will know that supporting a companies bigger revenue product isn't the best way to go in boycotting a company.
Even googles biggest competitors apple and microsoft can't get away from google. Good luck trying to change things. I'm sure google will miss your business.
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SLDPremium
join:2002-04-17
San Francisco, CA | Whatever. |
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