The app universe and the web are not mutually exclusive. We use the both. Just maybe, the web is more alive than ever.
Google Zero is here — now what?
The old web is dying and the new web struggles to be born.
The State of the Web at Google I/O 2018
The web is a global treasure, and has many strengths we all enjoy. It is a distribution platform like no other, providing people around the ...
What does it look like for the web to lose?
There is always some degree of tension between “native apps” and “the web” as platforms. If you’re going to write a native app for Android devices, well, I’ll qu…
Is Google about to destroy the web?
Google says adding more AI to its search engine will rejuvenate the internet. Others predict an apocalypse for websites. One thing is clear: this era of online history is closing.
Google vs. the Open Web
A few days ago, I made a social media post about Google vs. the Open Web. It received some responses, so I’ll reproduce it below with some...
The end of the Googleverse
The last 25 years of Google’s history can be boiled down to a battle against the Google bomb. Is the search engine finally losing to its hijackers?
Killed by Google
Killed by Google is the Google Graveyard. A full list of dead products killed by Google in the Google Cemetery.
The Website vs. Web App Dichotomy Doesn't Exist | jakelazaroff.com
A one-dimensional spectrum can't sufficiently capture the tradeoffs involved in web development.
The Group That Rules the Web
Billions of humans will use the Web over the next decade, yet very few of those people are in a position to define what is “the Web” and what isn’t.
It's time to rebuild the web
The web was never supposed to be a few walled gardens of concentrated content owned by a few major publishers; it was supposed to be a cacophony of different sites and voices.
Why did the web take over desktop and not mobile?
TLDR: “make the web do apps” is not a disruptive strategy. It's like surviving The Great Oxidation Event, then saying “make anaerobes do photosynthesis”. Ok, but the blue-green algae got there first, so photosynthesis is no longer asymmetric. It is symmetric competition.
The Web Can Thrive Without Google’s Search Monopoly
Viable browsers and meaningful contributions to web standards can be sustained with more modest revenue streams, writes Alissa Cooper.
rip.so :: the digital graveyard
A memorial to the messengers, social networks, browsers and websites the internet forgot.
Google is its own worst enemy
In its bid to push AI, it’s destroying its products and trying to kill the web too
