This is not a modern sales ptich for google. This is a factual list of what they were.

Part of it was good marketing to none tech literates. “Dont be Evil.” Was a funny slogan. In 2008 I was in high a school and chrome was new but also fast and people said it was good so I tried it.

By like 2012 it was being put default on android phones.

Google kept innovating. They had a better JS version, they had integrated flash and PDF readers (Firefox you had to modify)

Chrome just played the game very well. Hell they had an ad campaign. Even this meme is part of that viral marketing to get people to use it.

Granted they haven’t done massive things since maybe 2014. But 2008-2014 they were making moves. They were ‘cool.’ 🤷‍♂️

Many people don’t know what google does with their data and many don’t care about or don’t know about the google attacks.

Even if they did, Google has inserted itself into their lives everywhere. I switched my browser to Firefox but I still had a google drive because of that old email from 2008.

Still used an android from a local carrier so I couldn’t side-load.

Hey Google, buy me bulk 5 gb flash drives. I have a business idea.

It already is. Social media and algorithm manipulation have been an issue for at least a decade. All the stories about algorithm issues in foreign countries makes me wonder if they weren’t beta testing.

We’re pretty cooked.

No just online.

I’ve been saying some combination of China and Russia personally. It’s easier to parallel now after China took over Hong Kong. Those poor kids fought so hard.

People need to understand the fascists were watching those instances too and they learned from them. The last 15 years have been like a road map for how to handle dissent and protests in a way that keeps you in power.