I’m happy to see this being noticed more and more. Google wants to destroy the open web, so it’s a lot at stake.

Google basically says “Trust us”. What a joke.

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    12 years ago

    Don’t mistake me for excusing their behavior. It’s the contrary. But I do think a grounded conversation starts with understanding what people’s motivations are.

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      12 years ago

      grounded conversation is call user freeloaders? if you are consuming any content from google you are already contributing to their profit through information, and do not try to justify the actions of a multinational with the profit last year greater than the GDP of several small countries, corporations are not people and do not deserve compassion, the only objective is to make a profit at any cost, they do not care if someone needs it having a miserable life or even dying for it (corporations in general, I’m not talking exclusively about google).

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        22 years ago

        I actually posted an article about their opening of a data center being detrimental to another countries water supply. Link should be in my profiles recent posts, worth a read.

        I think there is a fair lot of people who think it’s absurd to pay for what they consume. And if you asked them what the alternative is to them paying they’d say nothing, it should be free.

        Each service they run is binned and probably billed and generates revenue separate ways, but enough of that Im not trying to argue for pro google. The DRM they’re trying to push is bullshit.

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          12 years ago

          You are completely deviating from the subject, the question here is simple, they are a multinational wanting to create a monopoly and control all the content that circulates on the internet to profit even more. “I actually posted an article about their opening of a data center being detrimental to another countries water supply” the problem is that you are assuming morals, corporations don’t have morals they have interests, if they did it wasn’t because it was the best for the local people, it was to make money and they will abandon it the next second it stops being profitable. And here is an example of how fantastic corporations are https://www.businessinsider.com/google-reported-dad-police-photos-sick-sons-penis-child-abuse-2022-8?op=1