This is a weird article that lacks important context.
When are we going to get an article on "what google can see" from this team?
ISP snooping on network traffic really only happened after Google started getting into the ISP business.
Monetizing your traffic (beyond transport) only became a thing after Google Fiber fired a cannon ball across the broadside of carriers. Carriers responded by offering ad networks around anonymized, aggregated data about customer behavior. It drives the value of Google Adwards down. It doesn't make carriers rich.
Maybe someday we'll need to worry about big-I innovation from carriers in this domain, but I don't see it happening soon.
I'm all in on tearing it all down. But focusing only on the companies that offer services that huge populations are willing to actually pay for is extremely dishonest.
When are we going to get an article on "what google can see" from this team?
ISP snooping on network traffic really only happened after Google started getting into the ISP business.
Monetizing your traffic (beyond transport) only became a thing after Google Fiber fired a cannon ball across the broadside of carriers. Carriers responded by offering ad networks around anonymized, aggregated data about customer behavior. It drives the value of Google Adwards down. It doesn't make carriers rich.
Maybe someday we'll need to worry about big-I innovation from carriers in this domain, but I don't see it happening soon.
I'm all in on tearing it all down. But focusing only on the companies that offer services that huge populations are willing to actually pay for is extremely dishonest.