Web freedom faces greatest threat ever, warns Google's Sergey Brin

The Guardian ^ | Sunday 15 April 2012 13.07 EDT | Ian Katz

[Mad Dawgg]

The principles of openness and universal access that underpinned the creation of the internet three decades ago are under greater threat than ever, according to Google co-founder Sergey Brin.

In an interview with the Guardian, Brin warned there were "very powerful forces that have lined up against the open internet on all sides and around the world". "I am more worried than I have been in the past," he said. "It's scary."

The threat to the freedom of the internet comes, he claims, from a combination of governments increasingly trying to control access and communication by their citizens, the entertainment industry's attempts to crack down on piracy, and the rise of "restrictive" walled gardens such as Facebook and Apple, which tightly control what software can be released on their platforms.

[freekitty]

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[af_vet_rr]

Since I hate all things Apple and Facebook, on this point I agree with him. Not sure where Google will end up but at least at this point, they’re better. Not too evil.

Google wants to lock you into Google Search, Google Android, YouTube, Google Maps, Google Picasa, Google Mail, Google Plus, Google Docs, etc. so Brin is just playing games when he bashes other companies. He's pissed that people are using other companies' products.