True - I was probably talking about Alphabet instead of Google, to be honest.

@nixCraft

I didn't explain that very well. My point is, that back in the day Microsoft had a stranglehold on just about everything IT, at least for desktop use. Their Windows operating system was THE way to interact with the internet, multimedia and work.

Then came the mobile platforms, and suddenly Microsoft could no longer operate as if they owned everything. Windows was still king of the desktop, but a huge amount of users did not use a computer at all - they used tablets and phones with non-Microsoft operating systems, and they were now the majority of users.

Internet Explorer is probably the best example of what that meant for Microsoft. In the old days there was IE, and it was the browser your website had to be compatible with. It was slow and not very good, so along came Chrome and started eating Microsofts browser marketshare.

IE was still the king, but now you had to test for two browsers. Microsoft could still do things their way, at least to a point.

Then came Android and Chrome for Android, and suddenly Chrome was so far ahead that Microsoft lost the ability to operate independently. The result? - the end of IE and a surrender to the Chromium engine.

I am almost certainly that Google will face a similar downfall in the AI market.

(They could do so anyway, if and when they decide Google isn’t serving their interests anymore, which might be more likely than Alphabet going under)

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