And yet, if Google were to throw up their hands and say &quot;fuck it!&quot; and just shutdown, those same people would be up in arms because they no longer have nearly instant access to all the knowledge in the world for free. To say that the tech industry has given the public nothing is disengenuous.<p>Meanwhile, what has the author done other than blog to remedy the issue? What is he a proponent of exactly, other than &quot;Tech companies suck, boooo&quot;?