I'm not sure I understand your point. I was just trying to point out what I think is obvious to a lot of founders but was missing from the article: right now both Facebook and Apple offer a much better distribution channel than Google for products and services that compete on merit and word-of-mouth.
As long as Google is putting sites with no word-of-mouth or inbound links on its front page and positioning itself as a champion of the imperiled developer, I don't see what is wrong with developers pointing out that Facebook and Apple are in fact more supportive. There are much greater and more opaque barriers to getting traffic from Google than from either Apple or Facebook.
If Google wants a healthier Internet, it should figure out how it is contributing and retarding the dynamism of the sector. As is, this piece is feel-good self-puffery and Sergey and the Guardian deserve to be called out on it.
As long as Google is putting sites with no word-of-mouth or inbound links on its front page and positioning itself as a champion of the imperiled developer, I don't see what is wrong with developers pointing out that Facebook and Apple are in fact more supportive. There are much greater and more opaque barriers to getting traffic from Google than from either Apple or Facebook.
If Google wants a healthier Internet, it should figure out how it is contributing and retarding the dynamism of the sector. As is, this piece is feel-good self-puffery and Sergey and the Guardian deserve to be called out on it.