I love Microsoft and all it's services (as a matter of fact: they're helping me make a game for Windows 8! Awesome guys.), and I think competition is good for the industry, but sometimes, I get this eerie feeling that Microsoft's big nemesis, Google, is just too powerful. It really feels like David vs. Goliath. Everyone uses Google Search. Everyone uses Google Maps. Everyone uses Google Drive. Everyone has an Android. Everyone wants Google Glasses. Everyone wants a Google-driven car. Everyone wants to take the Google elevator to space.
I think stiff competition forces players to innovate to compete, but every time Microsoft tries something (for example, Bing's birdview), Google just does something similair with seemingly no effort at all. How the **** do we ever get a healthy innovation-war if Google is always a step ahead? I really fear for a big Google-monopoly in about 5 to 10 years, with Microsoft and Apple lagging behind (or even bankrupting?). Does anyone have soothing words of comfort?
I think stiff competition forces players to innovate to compete, but every time Microsoft tries something (for example, Bing's birdview), Google just does something similair with seemingly no effort at all. How the **** do we ever get a healthy innovation-war if Google is always a step ahead? I really fear for a big Google-monopoly in about 5 to 10 years, with Microsoft and Apple lagging behind (or even bankrupting?). Does anyone have soothing words of comfort?