Yahoo Gobbles Up Something del.icio.us
Posted by Eric Stewart Fri, 09 Dec 2005 20:57:00 GMT
Now it has happened. Yahoo has purchased del.icio.us! This is on the heels of Yahoo purchasing Flickr earlier this year.
I can’t put a finger on why I’m slightly dissapointed. I’m pretty sure it is because:- I am afraid of what a large purchaser will do to a service I (and apparently so many other people) love to use, and love for it’s simplicity.
- I worry about the inevitable tie-ins to their other services (Although this can certainly have some benefits as well)
- For some reason, I was rooting for Google. I just like their simpilicity, though they break that on some of their beta products.
- Yahoo, while initially interesting, has been the poster child for mediocrity for quite a while now. It hasn’t locked in my mind that they are competing and innovating again.
In the end, does it matter? Google and Yahoo competing might be good for us all in the long run. But in the short term I don’t want sites and services I love to get caught in the tug of war and ruin my online experience.
