It is a joy to see centralized systems bursting rounds of shots at their own feet. Google is going to loose a good part of their revenues. But it's not the worst thing for Google, folks! There are many angry people who does not tolerate any kind of censorship, and this move really can't be interpreted like anything else. Just check the comments below this article or see this example:
Who here remembers when Google was new and cool, out to change the world by democratising information, shoving a middle finger up at the establishment. ‘Don’t be evil’ was the slogan. Damn, I couldn’t get enough of Google in those days.
Sadly, Google sold out their values for a few more bucks and are now simply part of the establishment, an extension of the military-industrial complex. That’s why I don’t touch them with a barge pole anymore.— DogKick
With this kind of “policy”, Google will induce faster work on projects like Substratum — an open-source network that allows anyone to allocate spare computing resources to make the internet a free and fair place for the entire world. It's currently in beta.
You can add US to the mentioned video list (China, Russia, Iran) since December 14th and revoking net neutrality.
Now, Google already made their (previously excellent) photo search useless. Yandex.ru is currently far better in that field. But the fact Google are doing a great job on self-destruction does not mean we have a viable solution. So, what do you think? How long will be until someone make decentralized search engine which will render whole Google service useless?
