No need to slippery-slope this one. Google have been very consistent about ranking exclusively based on UX quality. Once they actually <i>decide</i> to rank based on something else, <i>then</i> we can start raising a fuss about it.<p>Until then, the snark seems unwarranted, though I agree that there&#x27;s good reason to be concerned: they definitely have a lot of power here, despite not having seemed to abuse it <i>yet</i>. That seems like an interesting conversation to have, especially in a more substantive format.