The US v. Google antitrust case may be frustratingly shrouded in secrecy, but occasionally we get some fun nuggets. The quote above comes from an internal email sent by Google’s Jim Kolotouros, VP of Android Platform Partnerships. “Chrome exists to serve Google search,” he writes. “If it cannot do that because it is regulated to be set by the user, the value of users using Chrome goes to almost zero (for me).”
That’s really the key here. For a good long while Google was well respected and known for doing good for people, it’s up to us to jump ship when a company shows all the signs of being evil villains. We just have to remember not to be blindly allegiant to any companies. DDG could certainly become evil down the line, but so far I think they’re doing an alright job.