<![CDATA[Do we need Google?]]>Do we need Google? no
Do we need Microsoft? no
Do we need Facebook? no

We had an Internet and Web life before them and it was great.

The whole situation with big techs today is totally artificial. It is a market incident. An historical singularity that won't last.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/8f62949e-d48c-490f-8e1c-3790cfe4bdab/do-we-need-googleRSS for NodeFri, 01 May 2026 03:31:53 GMTThu, 23 Apr 2026 10:29:51 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Do we need Google? on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:44:06 GMT]]>@gael Google literally created the base of /e/, Android.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/tpaau17db/statuses/116453844377907086https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/tpaau17db/statuses/116453844377907086Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:44:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Do we need Google? on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:41:50 GMT]]>@gael I do not use all three anymore, at this point; for years now.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/birthof/statuses/116453835456818480https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/birthof/statuses/116453835456818480Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:41:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Do we need Google? on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:21:21 GMT]]>@mcjk @gael
No, there was search & social media (And NTTP/Newsgroups) before Google & Facebook. BBS predates websites.
Microsoft founded 1975 (ported Dartmouth BASIC to 8080) & Web sites are from about 1992, not widespread to public till 1993.
Arpanet, the predecessor to the non-Web Internet had TCP/IP from 1972. The non-Web Internet approximately 1988.
We never needed MS (DOS was a clone of CP/M). We never needed WFW3.11 or Win9x (Win10 based on WinNT 1993).
UNIX 1976. Free BSD before NT.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/raymaccarthy/statuses/116453754911770015https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/raymaccarthy/statuses/116453754911770015Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:21:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Do we need Google? on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:13:42 GMT]]>@gael ASL? ☺️

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/freeman2501/statuses/116453724812502983https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/freeman2501/statuses/116453724812502983Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:13:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Do we need Google? on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:11:19 GMT]]>@gael
One of those I've never used.
The other two I've not touched for 15 and 5 years respectively. LOL

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/spacemagick/statuses/116453715462598953https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/spacemagick/statuses/116453715462598953Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:11:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Do we need Google? on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:06:25 GMT]]>@gael 💯 ✔️

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/spacemagick/statuses/116453696146038464https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/spacemagick/statuses/116453696146038464Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:06:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Do we need Google? on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 10:56:48 GMT]]>@gael Google was out there since like forever, Facebook literally created the modern concept of social media. Microsoft has done a shit ton for tech as a whole. I'm not saying they're necessarily good, but these companies certainly created a new world, the one we know today.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mcjk/statuses/116453658337013847https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mcjk/statuses/116453658337013847Thu, 23 Apr 2026 10:56:48 GMT