Though Google is extremely prevalent in modern media, I do not think we are too dependent on Google, but dependent nonetheless. I feel like for society to be too dependent on Google there would have to be no other place to go but Google where we could search for information, news, blogs, e-mail and watch videos, but that is not true--there are still other outlets whether or not they are used as much.
I think for us to be considered "too" dependent, Google would have to be some sort of monopoly, which it is not, yet. There are still several other search engines, places to watch videos, places to blog and e-mail. Some people, like myself, have had the same email address for 10 years or more, using e-mail distributors like AOL before G-mail was ever created. Until other companies are forced to call it quits, Google is still not the end all be all.
I think that if Google ever got in the wrong hands or their intentions became biased or destructive, I would definitely be concerned about their intent to "organize the world's information and make it universally accessible." If that ever happened, because Google is so popular, consumers could easily be coerced into anything Google publishes as untampered information, whether that be true or not. However, right now I don't think Google has negative intentions, and I think their main object is quite useful to the public, which is obvious through their tremendous popularity.
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