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The One Google Plus Feature Facebook Should Fear

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Re: The One Google Plus Feature Facebook Should Fear

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Post by bad_user »

pavel_lishin wrote: post #60
nostromo wrote: post #37

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I think it's difficult to make the anti-trust case against Google. Unlike Microsoft's control of the desktop, people choose to use Google everyday. It would be so very very easy to switch to Bing tomorrow (even easier than choosing not to use Facebook!) but people have chosen not to switch. Just because you have a lot of marketshare doesn't mean you are a monopoly. It's also quite easy to say that consumers will bene…

> It would be so very very easy to switch to Bing tomorrow (even easier than choosing not to use Facebook!) but people have chosen not to switch. I assume that Bing also offers free e-mail with as many features, a calendar system, an equivalent of Google Reader, etc? Unless it can deliver all of that, it wouldn't be a very easy switch for me - whereas ditching Facebook is literally something I contemplate every time…

Microsoft has alternatives for mostly everything, including Google Apps if you're willing to switch to Exchange and pay the price for that.

But all these Google products are hard to switch from because they are kick-ass. It's hard for me to switch away, not because Google has me trapped, but because the competition sucks.

You can export all your data from Google and import it wherever you want. I did so with Google Reader (since you mentioned), but I came back to it since it's better than any desktop client I tried.

But this doesn't mean Google has lock-in, unless you extend the definition to include "being better than the competition" and that shouldn't trigger antitrust regulation; and if it did, you could say that the system is terribly broken.

Re: The One Google Plus Feature Facebook Should Fear

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Post by bad_user »

stevejalim wrote: post #27
dekz wrote: post #11

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I got an invite, to my google apps domain account. Can't use it.

I thought profiles are now enabled on Google Apps -- or do you mean your domain manager won't turn on the profiles?

Profiles are not available for Google Aps.

Re: The One Google Plus Feature Facebook Should Fear

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Post by bad_user »

dhughes wrote: post #68

I still think this is too little too late especially if Google+ is aimed at people under 30, most of that crowd is mobile and smartphones seem to be the way everyone in that group prefers to communicate not sitting at their desktop computers. Maybe Baby Boomers will like it over Facebook or not at all for either, if it's aimed at a younger crowd I can't see it working unless as stated it's forced upon people. With iP…

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.app...

Re: The One Google Plus Feature Facebook Should Fear

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Post by flomo »

kevin_morrill wrote: post #53
nostromo wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think it's difficult to make the anti-trust case against Google. Unlike Microsoft's control of the desktop, people choose to use Google everyday. It would be so very very easy to switch to Bing tomorrow (even easier than choosing not to use Facebook!) but people have chosen not to switch. Just because you have a lot of marketshare doesn't mean you are a monopoly. It's also quite easy to say that consumers will bene…

Antitrust doesn't really on reason. It's a completely subjective law. In one breath you can be guilty because you have prices too low, in another because you have prices too high. Ultimately, it relies on how much pull you can exercise of politicians and bureaucrats. I am not saying it's a good situation, just that that's reality.

That is likely the case, but technical fora tend to be overly concerned with "tying" (e.g. Internet Explorer or iTunes), while overlooking the indisputable fact that Microsoft did run a "trust".

MS had a set of legal contracts which gave them total control over PC distribution and pre-installed software. (And, they even had deals with their main competitors, Apple and IBM.) That was a much lower bar and easier for the government to make their case. In fact, the IE "tying" case was ultimately tossed out.

If anything, Google probably has more potential Antitrust issues in their relationship with Android handset makers than they do cross-promoting products on the web.

Re: The One Google Plus Feature Facebook Should Fear

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Post by maverick2 »

FD3SA wrote: post #64
malbiniak wrote: post #45

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If your profile included some contact information, you might find an invitation appearing in your inbox.

If you actually have this ungodly power and wish to use it benevolently, please shoot me an invite. I'm dying to use G+. Thanks in advance!

I am sorry for trolling .. but I need an invite .. supreet.sharma.16@gmail.com is my id. Thanks

Re: The One Google Plus Feature Facebook Should Fear

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Post by jc123 »

farlington wrote: post #14
matwood wrote: post #7

This article is dead on. I already have many google apps open all day and g+ will integrate with those nicely. A friend already exclaimed this morning that the google apps integration is what will kill FB (if that's even possible - myspace still has users). He then set out to move over those he actually cared about on FB to g+. I especially like default use of groups and how it forces users to think about privacy fro…

It's a brilliant strategy, and I'd be very surprised if it doesn't lead to some antitrust litigation.

Isn't most antitrust litigation started from the complains of smaller competitors? Would be tough for Facebook to argue that at this point.

Re: The One Google Plus Feature Facebook Should Fear

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Post by elemeno »

malbiniak wrote: post #45
antihero wrote: post #24

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Damn. How are these people getting invites?

If your profile included some contact information, you might find an invitation appearing in your inbox.

I'd love one as well, if you're still offering!

Re: The One Google Plus Feature Facebook Should Fear

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Post by InclinedPlane »

matwood wrote: post #7

This article is dead on. I already have many google apps open all day and g+ will integrate with those nicely. A friend already exclaimed this morning that the google apps integration is what will kill FB (if that's even possible - myspace still has users). He then set out to move over those he actually cared about on FB to g+. I especially like default use of groups and how it forces users to think about privacy fro…

Especially when you consider that search is also a google "app".

Re: The One Google Plus Feature Facebook Should Fear

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Post by bergie »

Dramatize wrote: post #62
johnl wrote: post #59

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Business really seems to like Facebook. More and more I see "check us out on our Facebook page". I want to see how Google addresses the display ad advantage Facebook presently has.

That's only because there's people on Facebook.

...and for some reason businesses feel the Facebook Like clicks are somehow relevant for them.

Re: The One Google Plus Feature Facebook Should Fear

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Post by ovi256 »

maverick2 wrote: post #75
FD3SA wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you actually have this ungodly power and wish to use it benevolently, please shoot me an invite. I'm dying to use G+. Thanks in advance!

I am sorry for trolling .. but I need an invite .. supreet.sharma.16@gmail.com is my id. Thanks

I'm sorry too, but please keep the chain of goodwill if you got an invite :)
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