Google stopped being good for the Internet, and it just took us a long time to realise it

The latest Vergecast podcast episode is pretty great as a whole, but the first half was very interesting around the Anti-Trust cases against both Google and Meta.

The clip above is during the discussion around Google, and the title of my post was a sentence from David Pierce which has stuck in my head ever since. It is absolutely true that some have been calling this out for years; but I do think the phrase is true for many in the Tech industry, myself included.

While it seems as though the chickens have come home to roost for Google, who knows what the hell will happen in this crazy state of the world. It is true however that Google appears to be on increasingly unsteady ground as these Anti-Trust suits move against them, and the threat of breaking up the parts that drive the majority of their revenue become more real.

I should write more in my blog

I don’t write often enough here, unless it’s for a slightly longer post around a single idea. But that means I often don’t post for weeks while I keep drafts of ideas in my notes app.

Part of this is not wanting to clutter my page with random thoughts I generally post on Mastodon or Bluesky during the week.

Another part of me thinks I’m trying to utilise Micro.blog for too many things; or I just haven’t figured out the structure/categories/page layouts to make it work.

I’m hoping to declutter a few more online services soon, so I want to make some changes soon to andrewmelder.com to cater for personal and professional use.