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Its always funny when people naively forget that Google, Apple, etc. are megacorps, not some startup ventures. They are the man. This endorsement doesn't surpri
by typon 10y ago
Its always funny when people naively forget that Google, Apple, etc. are megacorps, not some startup ventures. They are the man. This endorsement doesn't surprise me one bit.
- ocdtrekkie 10y agoAh, but Google often does the things it knows people aren't going to like behind closed doors. (For instance, Google's control over Android is done via confidential agreements. The public hasn't seen a version of these agreements newer than 2011.) An open, public endorsement of something that most tech enthusiasts who use their products know is a bad thing, is a very surprising move. I'm pretty sure I've seen a number of Google employees condemning the TPP in the last year or two as well.
- ikeboy 10y ago>most everyone who uses their products knows is a bad thing I very much doubt most of their users could even tell you what it stood for, let alone have an opinion on its value.
- ocdtrekkie 10y agoThat's fair/true. I should've used language that better expressed it being "tech enthusiasts".
- dcgudeman 10y agoIs this a satirical comment or are you actually using the word "megacorps" seriously? Just because a company is big doesn't mean it is nefarious. You should explain why these companies are evil and how them endorsing TPP is a bad thing.
- stonogo 10y agoA single company's opinion on a multinational treaty should be completely irrelevant. The fact that it matters speaks poorly of our representative government, and the fact that Google is willing to use that power to attempt to influence policy decisions speaks poorly of Google's respect for citizen rule.
- PeCaN 10y agoI take "megacorps" to mean large, established companies with strong political connections. Companies that exert influence both over people's lives and governments; not necessarily malicious.
- typon 10y agoPrecisely. Case in point: Google's various attempts at tax avoidance in Europe. I respect them for trying it, I'm sure every other established corporation is doing the same thing, or trying to at least.
- tzs 10y agoIts also always funny when people forget that in 7 of the 9 TPP countries a majority of the ordinary citizens are in favor of it, and in the two where it does not have majority support those in favor handily outnumber those opposed (US 49% in favor, 29% opposed and Malaysia 38% in favor, 18% opposed) [1], and so think that this is some megacorp thing being forced on an unwilling populace. [1] http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/06/23/americans-favor-tpp-but-less-than-other-countries-do/ http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/06/23/americans-fa...
- Bellthorpe 10y ago7 of 9? There are 12 signatories to the TPP. That survey was from Spring (only a US company would forget that the other hemisphere has a different season) 2015. That was prior to the TPP being publicly available. Attitudes seem to have changed considerably since then.