For many Australians, Google is the internet.
It's where we get much of our news. It's where we find and plan our holidays. It's where we go to shop for gifts online.
But in light of a proposed media code that would require the tech giant to pay local news media companies for their product, Google is threatening to end the relationship.
And it's shaping up to be an acrimonious split.
"I think Google's view is that they are so superior that people can't live without them," Peter Lewis, director of the Centre for Responsible Technology, says.
Comments