(Google, Facebook, governments and central banks, commercial banks, the IMF, various regulators, people of the closed mind and everyone losing power and privilege with coming decentralization ...)
Recently, Google, as well as younger brother Facebook, has announced a ban on advertising everythings related to crypto currencies.
As in the best times of AGITPROP ( former USSR ) and similar agencies in "democracies".
So they decide we what can look at. Very bad.
After that, in explanation for "as if we were 5 years" - they say it is for protecting the investor from risky investments and frauds.
If there is a decentralized search engine (such as Bitclave), effective as Google, that pays you for search and data sharing - whom to choose?
If there is a decentralized social network (such as Steemit) that pays you for creating, publishing, and sharing content - whom to choose?
Slow but surely, competition comes.
Tika-Taka and Google decide: "The attack is the best defense."
If you believe in blockchain:
Blockchain technology is the beginning of a new era (as it was the internet at the beginning).
Who could 1980 predict what kind of internet will be 2018?
I've read a similar post today and I recommend reading a post from @ charles1, where writen about a decentralized search engine.
Greetings from Croatia