The Web and email are both decentralized.
The Internet is decentralized to the extent there's no single "Internet company" which can kick you off.
Various companies try very hard to make you forget these things.
The Internet is decentralized to the extent there's no single "Internet company" which can kick you off.
Various companies try very hard to make you forget these things.
The very fact you think it is impossible to reach end users without using Google should highlight just how much they have cornered the market.
Remember, internet search was not always a given, and the worked just fine.