Google Talk: The 3rd Horseman of the Googlepocalypse

Google Talk

First there was Google Maps, with the eerie "this was taken in broad daylight yet there isn't a person to be found" thing, then there was Google Desktop where they indexed your entire hard drive and mysteriously needed an internet connection to operate at full capacity (even though they "aren't doing anything with the info they collect"), and now they're jumping with instant messaging... and the big selling point is voice chat!

The last thing I need is people seeing me online and trying to bombard me with voice messages that weren't even worthy of a phone call. I was also unaware of the great telephony collapse of ought-three. The primary appeal of Instant Messaging is the ability to communicate with multiple people simultaneously. This proliferation of voice chat is a bad thing. I can't voice chat with more than one person, and I don't know if you've ever tried to IM people while on the phone, buuuut it doesn't go too well. IM also allows you to carry on conversations even when you have absolutely nothing to talk about. Just drop some links, and BOOM, discussion sparked. I CAN'T DROP LINKS IN A VERBAL CONVERSATION. In the end, I see this becoming an elaborate music piracy tool... but don't tell anyone I said that.


As much as I hate Wikipedia, at least it's loosening Google's grip on the human race a little bit. How about getting this website fully indexed first... huh? HUH?!?!?!