I completely agree, but they are so ubiquitous that it's hard not to use their products, even if you're trying not to.
I'm curious about what kind of phone you use. And do you use any of the products by any companies on this list? https://acquiredby.co/what-companies-does-google-own/
If you don't, then that's awesome. But to tell people not to use Google is just unrealistic. You'd be better off telling people to vote for stronger regulations on tech companies or antitrust laws or something.
Edit: I see from your comment history that you use Apple products. What do you think of their ethics as a company?
Lol tell that to Google https://acquiredby.co/google-acquisitions/
But yeah the race is on for zk evms. :) I look forward to using them and hopefully the bridges between them so I dont have to touch L1. Some great projects out there. https://blogs.loopring.org/damm-distributed-amm/
Imagine using that :O
>Phil Spencer convinced Nadella to not only keep Xbox around, but start throwing MS's weight around in the gaming industry as well
I don’t believe that for a second, what i do believe is that Microsoft wanted to expand it’s sphere of influence into another business and that turned out to be gaming.
https://acquiredby.co/what-companies-does-microsoft-own/
It’s not secret that Microsoft is willing to invest into every single factor of live.
outlook, projection *
+ Intel's probably not interested at current valuation. And when did they ever acquire a IP licensing business. https://acquiredby.co/intel-acquisitions/
Because they were spending borrowed money like drunken sailors on poorly thought out and even worse executed acquisitions totaling an astounding $63B to diversify away from their core CPU business, which they mistakenly thought was in secular decline. Geniuses!
Hey stupid, and all other stupid people in this thread: OP said "lost China COMPLETELY." What do you think the word "completely" means? Do you think it means, mostly? If you're not sure what the word means, look it up.
Do you honestly, honestly in your over-reddited brain think that Google makes ZERO dollars from China and has ZERO influence? My comment wasn't meant to say that their banking big time from Android and Android alone. [Hint: read sentence 2]. It was only to point out the ignorance in OPs comment where he was pointing the ignorance of others.
Because I have no doubt that you think Google is a search engine and ad platform, full stop, here is a list of companies owned by Google:
https://acquiredby.co/what-companies-does-google-own/
Do you think it's possible that some of those companies either sell products in China or have products or parts made, designed and or assembled in China?
Again, your ignorance, like OPs, is based on apparently not knowing what the word "completely" means. Please report back when you've checked a dictionary.