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Google Becoming Microsoft

Commenters compare Google to the old Microsoft, noting similarities in business practices, bureaucracy, market dominance, and loss of innovation, while some observe Microsoft adopting Google-like traits. Discussions highlight Google's shift towards monopolistic behaviors reminiscent of Microsoft's past.

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Sample Comments

bigbang • Aug 3, 2009 • View on HN

Sings of Google becoming more like Microsoft.

ttrreeww • Apr 9, 2013 • View on HN

Wow, that sounds like... Microsoft. What happened to Google?

bdcravens • Mar 11, 2020 • View on HN

Tell me again how Google is not the Microsoft of 20 years ago?

belter • Jan 24, 2023 • View on HN

Google pulling a Microsoft on Microsoft?

nickb • Apr 19, 2007 • View on HN

Google's taking pages out of MS's playbook.

obilgic • May 16, 2012 • View on HN

Google is new Microsoft, They have no idea which products/apps they have...

ssahoo • Aug 2, 2024 • View on HN

And Microsoft is becoming new google

jgroome • Jun 20, 2011 • View on HN

So Google should aspire to be more like Microsoft? :/

darkerside • Aug 31, 2019 • View on HN

Google is basically the new Microsoft but with better PR

toyg • Mar 13, 2021 • View on HN

Have a read: https://mobile.twitter.com/johnath/status/111687124330162585...Google are just as bad as MS. End of story.