What would the web look like if Google suddenly disappeared?
What would the web look like if Google suddenly disappeared?
Google is now in countless ways deeply connected to the underlying structure of the web all of us use every day, many of which we don’t even consciously realize in the moment. As a matter of fact - there are so many more that even…
Meta or microshit would fill the market gap then...
Hahaha, got a great point there
The Earth would continue as usual for 8 minutes, and then...no, wait, that's the Sun disappearing.
I guess you'd first have to look at where Google's tentacles are all in, and what would fail or be taken by others or maybe do better solo. As for search engines, there's plenty to take the void with a few major players, but again how many of them are powered or use Google's data for their delivery. Then there's Youtube. Lots of other factors I'm sure as well.
As big as they are, the web would adjust. Now do a sudden disappearance of Microsoft and its products. There's a black hole that would take a bigger effort to fill, if for no other reason because of decades of built up dependencies.
I think the business world would be hugely affected. Maybe more than the public web.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4GB_NDU43Q
Single Point of Failure: The (Fictional) Day Google Forgot to Check Passwords
Tom Scott video/presentation
Disappearance would be different than vulnerability. But it remains a single point of failure. The question reminded me of this video.
My email....
Hopefully we'd finally solve the email problem without relying on a cabal of like 2 vendors.