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Originally Posted by Undertoad
Your problem with Google is that they are a business and have power.
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No, I used to admire Google greatly. It competed successfully with MS and
made the internet a wonderful advance worldwide. The various projects
(MAPS, Scholar, ... etc.) were beyond what
any company or person had done before.
FaceBook/Twitter/etc were entertainment fluff, but so be it.
What changed was when FB declared ownership of the data people had
been allowed/enticed to load into their database under the company's
implied shell of semi-privacy ( "friending" )
Google changed when Jobs died and a new CEO took the company in a whole new direction.
Google followed suit of FB and declared ownership of everything people had entered or used in their projects.
Now they are declaring they can use your G-mails, MAPS, or any
other information they have to sell "you" to any other company.
My problem with Google is not that they are a business,
but that they have abused the power they gained.