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Right, so not only did they spend a significant amount of time steeping in Google itself, the big G then invested a significant amount of cash into the now-spun
by RKoutnik 10y ago
Right, so not only did they spend a significant amount of time steeping in Google itself, the big G then invested a significant amount of cash into the now-spun-out company. I'd say that qualifies as 'owned'.
- falcolas 10y agoHow does that make the permission creep OK? If they were part of Google, and already had access to the data, that's one thing. But they aren't, and they don't.
- danudey 10y agoEven if Google Inbox were asking for full permissions I'd be extremely sketched out about that, but it wouldn't happen because Google developers are, by and large, on top of things. A third-party company, even with significant investment and history with Alphabet, requesting full access to my Google account despite needing ZERO access (i.e. for what they need, requesting no permissions would suffice) is sketchy and inherently untrustworthy.
- duaneb 10y agoWell, at least a stockholder. Which is nothing like complete ownership, especially considering Nintendo is the other elephant with equity.