xcoder - 4:13 am on Dec 12, 2012 (gmt 0)

If people get better quality information from a source they trust why wouldn't they be happy about it?

People don't know better because that "source" is actively killing the competition.

Check out this article:

Upstart internet search engine DuckDuckGo, which promotes itself as a Google rival that doesn't track users' personal information, says it is being hurt by the search giant, which is being investigated by US regulators. The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has been examining allegations by Google critics that the company breaks antitrust laws by using its power in the market to smother competitors. Many of the complaints are similar to assertions made by Gabriel Weinberg, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduate who started DuckDuckGo.com five years ago. Weinberg said it is difficult to make his DuckDuckGo the default search site in Google's Chrome web browser, and that Google disadvantages his company in the Android mobile operating system as well. [theage.com.au...]

"People" are being fed Google PR lies and have no idea that they are being played and their privacy is being seriously abused and compromised... the tide may turn once the "people" are fully aware of that... and that's where we come into the picture.