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Do we need Google?

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  • gael@mastodon.socialG This user is from outside of this forum
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    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.

    mcjk@mastodon.socialM spacemagick@mastodon.socialS freeman2501@mstdn.socialF birthof@mastodon.socialB tpaau17db@mastodon.socialT 6 Replies Last reply
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    • gael@mastodon.socialG gael@mastodon.social

      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.

      mcjk@mastodon.socialM This user is from outside of this forum
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      @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.

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      • gael@mastodon.socialG gael@mastodon.social

        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.

        spacemagick@mastodon.socialS This user is from outside of this forum
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        @gael 💯 ✔️

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        • gael@mastodon.socialG gael@mastodon.social

          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.

          spacemagick@mastodon.socialS This user is from outside of this forum
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          @gael
          One of those I've never used.
          The other two I've not touched for 15 and 5 years respectively. LOL

          #ProperComputing

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          • gael@mastodon.socialG gael@mastodon.social

            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.

            freeman2501@mstdn.socialF This user is from outside of this forum
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            @gael ASL? ☺️

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            • mcjk@mastodon.socialM mcjk@mastodon.social

              @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.

              raymaccarthy@mastodon.ieR This user is from outside of this forum
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              @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.

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              • gael@mastodon.socialG gael@mastodon.social

                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.

                birthof@mastodon.socialB This user is from outside of this forum
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                @gael I do not use all three anymore, at this point; for years now.

                🟨

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                • gael@mastodon.socialG gael@mastodon.social

                  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.

                  tpaau17db@mastodon.socialT This user is from outside of this forum
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                  @gael Google literally created the base of /e/, Android.

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