Kind of astonishing that these first two comments completely miss the fact that internal leaked documents show that Google lied about the detrimental impact of a service they were actively pushing as advantageous; colluded with Facebook to artificially drive up ad prices (and, if you actually read the documents, also show that they had a plan to wipe the evidence if they were ever found out); and that their ‘pay-what-we-want-because-we’re-the-only-show-in-town’ business model is in direct violation of competition law.

It’s not simply that print media is dying and they need to suck it up and go digital (and again, if you read the article, the point is that many of them HAVE, and the problem is that Google & FB are trying to strangle them to death for daring to do so) – it’s that Google are actively using their power to stay at the top. ‘Why don’t they just create their own global ad platform that rivals Google?’ – seriously, listen to yourselves 🙄