Rule 1: When the headline of an article is a question, the answer is no. But bear with me here (or bare with me!). My spider-sense is tingling and I'm trying to read the tea leaves. Something is stirring. Maybe. It could all be nothing.
It is widely known that if one were so inclined to do a web search for nude images, then that person might turn to Microsoft Bing rather than Google for optimal results. Is it because Bing is less scrupulous? I think that may be partially true. True that Bing sees an opportunity to fill a hole that Google has perhaps intentionally left open. Or maybe Google has better filters or algorithms. This isn't the center of my investigation. You can still get plenty of nudity on Google, after all. The point is that Google is less pro-nudity than Bing--or at least seems to have that reputation.
Google has owned YouTube since 2006. For better or worse. It wouldn't be the awesome powerhouse of Taylor Swift music videos it is today without Google's backing. But remember when you could watch full movies and tv shows on YouTube, or use a popular song in your video, or before advertising?
So anyways The Goog recently introduced a new premium YouTube called YouTube Red. For a mere $9.99/mo you can enjoy streaming music and video without advertisements. And it can also run in the background or while the screen is asleep. But did you know that there is a website for pornography videos called RedTube?
That's a clue: YouTubeRed / RedTube.
And now Google has introduced a user-friendly wireless router for your home. It will do things like QoS and channel-switching without the GeekSquad coming to your house. (Aside: in light of NSA revelations, a fully automated, auto-updating, hidden-abilities consumer device like this is potentially a scary thing). Anyways, they're calling it OnHub. Like it's your hub for all of the things you own that turn on. But, that name is suspiciously close to the name of pornography video website PornHub.
Another clue: OnHub / PornHub
These combined are enough to convince me there might be a secret agenda at hand. Maybe it's just poor decision making from the marketing department. But I don't think so, coming from a company like Google. Everything is carefully planned much in advance.
So what's the big deal? They have a couple services/devices with names that are kind of close to porn site names. Just think about your average end user. Think about the kinds of questions your parents ask you about the computer. And so that's for whom this is going to be a deal over which to be fussed. Add to that sensationalist media who will no doubt run stories about, like, kids trying to stream Justin Bieber who instead are accidentally streaming gay porn (okay, not much of a difference). Think of the children, tho!
And so as these things go on and become exaggerated/exacerbated by terror-filled headlines it will give Google the leverage to do something and handle the problem. Is this what they want? Are they trying to create a problem so that they can solve the problem? And why? What is the end game here? What does Google know about the future of the internet that it doesn't want to tell us about?
I dunno you guys. I'm just spit-balling here and realize it all sounds like conspiracy nonsense. There aren't enough clues to form a solid image and this could just be coincidence. Let me know if you find any more clues or have ideas about what might be going on. Google has so much data, and they act with intent. Something is going on, man! Don't trust anybody, man!
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