[frognumber]

> Almost nobody outside of HN has a similar experience with Google products.

This statement is imprecise. Youtube creators, for example, hold a similar view.

Grandma doesn't make decisions about what cloud platform to use, or where to host content. Among key decision-makers, distrust of Google is widespread.

Google will do fine in search (at least until / unless it's disrupted by Bing or DDG), Android, email, and in other consumer products. Where this will eventually kill Google is in B2B: GCP, Google Workspace, etc.

[iLoveOncall]

> Youtube creators, for example, hold a similar view

I think the fact that they are called "Youtube creators" and not "Video creators" highlights how weak the argument is.

[DougN7]

You seem to be a Google apologist. Just because a platform is currently the biggest and most dominant hardly means it has trust and love. YouTube is the Windows of video platforms.