A search engine has control over what you get to read. This is a much greater, albeit subtler, power. I’d much rather have lots of search engines, and I actually use more than one precisely for that reason.
But that's not how people think. As a group they'll make a decision based on what is the easiest, fastest and most convenient. Unfortunately Google would have to do something horrible enough that it morally repulses people. Short of that, it's easy to use, fast and everywhere. Gmail and YouTube are used by enormous amounts of people straight through the company and it won't change anytime soon.
A search engine has control over what you get to read. This is a much greater, albeit subtler, power. I’d much rather have lots of search engines, and I actually use more than one precisely for that reason.
But that's not how people think. As a group they'll make a decision based on what is the easiest, fastest and most convenient. Unfortunately Google would have to do something horrible enough that it morally repulses people. Short of that, it's easy to use, fast and everywhere. Gmail and YouTube are used by enormous amounts of people straight through the company and it won't change anytime soon.