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It's very possible that the SWEs responsible didn't consider this possibility "Very possible"? More like "guaranteed". Everybody who pays the slightest bit of

It's very possible that the SWEs responsible didn't consider this possibility "Very possible"? More like "guaranteed". Everybody who pays the slightest bit of attention knows Google has a gigantic blind spot when it comes to thinking through the consequences of algorithms and automation. And there's no sign that the company is interested in fixing that, ever.

mistermann 10y ago
Wait until they get into the thought police business for some real interesting situations. All jokes aside, for those who remember, it's pretty amazing what Microsoft got punished for (bundling a browser with the OS, with no other restrictions) compared to what Apple and Google get away with.
- holri 10y ago
  Wait if they get into the automated car driving business for some real sad situations.
  - Asooka 10y ago
    > please drive me to the hospital, I broke my arm > I can't do that, the hospital is within 50 miles of a school and you're banned from being within 50 miles of a school, because you commented "she's very pretty" to a picture of your 5-year-old niece and we've decided you're a paedophile.
  - simonh 10y ago
    Due to suspension of your Google account this GoogleCab service is no longer available to you. Please be careful exiting the cab on this narrow strip of interstate hard shoulder 50 miles from anywhere. We have also disabled google authentication access to your phone. Have a nice day.
- ocdtrekkie 10y ago
  It's amazing what owning the FTC can do. Obama appointee Joshua Wright was a paid Google shill... and Trump just picked him up for the FTC transition team. Google's ability to infect our justice system transcends partisan politics.
- foxX 10y ago
  Try this one http://craphound.com/scroogled.html http://craphound.com/scroogled.html by Doctorow.
  - i336_ 10y ago
    Wow, the HTML for that page fell through a bit of a can opener there. Also, I must frankly admit my great curiosity at the fact that your last comment was posted 3.61 years ago. Alt account? Deleted comments?
- cowl 10y ago
  Bundling a browser with the OS that had 98% of all user share at the time. neither Apple not Google come anywhere close to that market domination with their iOS or Android systems. Also the case was much more broad that just the browser it was for software that runs on the OS. Antitrust is not just about what a company does but mainly about what other alternatives are out there. In Microsoft's case there were no other alternatives while today you can choose between several. EDIT: One more thing that everyone seems to confuse is that antitrust cases should protect CONSUMER rights not PRODUCER rights. A case can be made that Google and Apple are hurting other companies by offering free services with their products but they ARE NOT HURTING CONSUMERS.
  - bad_user 10y ago
    I really don't want to defend Microsoft, but Internet Explorer won all that market share because back in the day IExplorer really was the best browser available. And given what happened next, I'm actually grateful for the IExplorer monopoly, because Firefox wouldn't have happened otherwise. We tend to forget that even natural monopolies can be broken by new technology and innovation. And even big companies can be beaten by smaller ones. Microsoft tried to beat Google at search while Google was smaller and much less powerful than it is today. They couldn't, because big companies have a priority to protect their cash cows and don't necessarily have the talent or the focus required to tackle new markets (i.e. the innovator's dilemma). Google tried to beat Facebook at social. They also failed by being too conservative, while at the same time fucking their users. Can you spot a pattern?
  - kuschku 10y ago
    Google only has about 85% marketshare in phones, 96% in Search, still problematic. And Producer rights are affecting Consumer rights. Without a free market, we're all worse off — the only justified monopoly is a governmental one.
    - cowl 10y ago
      Key word here is "phones". 85% of phones is still less than half of all users seeing as mobile just surpassed desktop use sometime in 2015. And no, producer rights are not affecting consumer rights since this is a free market. I don't care how many Russian search engines or vertical product marketeers go out of business. They are going out of business because they are not offering a good enough service and I don't want google or any other search engine to channel my experience in not good enough channels just to keep their business afloat. that is not free market. When I and a plenty like me like a service we keep using it no matter if Google promotes it or not. If google had the power you are fear-mongering about we would not have FB, Twitter, Instagram, etc.
tdkl 10y ago
But AI is the future and our AI is the only which is true, embrace it! /s

mistermann 10y ago

Wait until they get into the thought police business for some real interesting situations. All jokes aside, for those who remember, it's pretty amazing what Microsoft got punished for (bundling a browser with the OS, with no other restrictions) compared to what Apple and Google get away with.

holri 10y ago
Wait if they get into the automated car driving business for some real sad situations.
- Asooka 10y ago
  > please drive me to the hospital, I broke my arm > I can't do that, the hospital is within 50 miles of a school and you're banned from being within 50 miles of a school, because you commented "she's very pretty" to a picture of your 5-year-old niece and we've decided you're a paedophile.
- simonh 10y ago
  Due to suspension of your Google account this GoogleCab service is no longer available to you. Please be careful exiting the cab on this narrow strip of interstate hard shoulder 50 miles from anywhere. We have also disabled google authentication access to your phone. Have a nice day.
ocdtrekkie 10y ago
It's amazing what owning the FTC can do. Obama appointee Joshua Wright was a paid Google shill... and Trump just picked him up for the FTC transition team. Google's ability to infect our justice system transcends partisan politics.
foxX 10y ago
Try this one http://craphound.com/scroogled.html http://craphound.com/scroogled.html by Doctorow.
- i336_ 10y ago
  Wow, the HTML for that page fell through a bit of a can opener there. Also, I must frankly admit my great curiosity at the fact that your last comment was posted 3.61 years ago. Alt account? Deleted comments?
cowl 10y ago
Bundling a browser with the OS that had 98% of all user share at the time. neither Apple not Google come anywhere close to that market domination with their iOS or Android systems. Also the case was much more broad that just the browser it was for software that runs on the OS. Antitrust is not just about what a company does but mainly about what other alternatives are out there. In Microsoft's case there were no other alternatives while today you can choose between several. EDIT: One more thing that everyone seems to confuse is that antitrust cases should protect CONSUMER rights not PRODUCER rights. A case can be made that Google and Apple are hurting other companies by offering free services with their products but they ARE NOT HURTING CONSUMERS.
- bad_user 10y ago
  I really don't want to defend Microsoft, but Internet Explorer won all that market share because back in the day IExplorer really was the best browser available. And given what happened next, I'm actually grateful for the IExplorer monopoly, because Firefox wouldn't have happened otherwise. We tend to forget that even natural monopolies can be broken by new technology and innovation. And even big companies can be beaten by smaller ones. Microsoft tried to beat Google at search while Google was smaller and much less powerful than it is today. They couldn't, because big companies have a priority to protect their cash cows and don't necessarily have the talent or the focus required to tackle new markets (i.e. the innovator's dilemma). Google tried to beat Facebook at social. They also failed by being too conservative, while at the same time fucking their users. Can you spot a pattern?
- kuschku 10y ago
  Google only has about 85% marketshare in phones, 96% in Search, still problematic. And Producer rights are affecting Consumer rights. Without a free market, we're all worse off — the only justified monopoly is a governmental one.
  - cowl 10y ago
    Key word here is "phones". 85% of phones is still less than half of all users seeing as mobile just surpassed desktop use sometime in 2015. And no, producer rights are not affecting consumer rights since this is a free market. I don't care how many Russian search engines or vertical product marketeers go out of business. They are going out of business because they are not offering a good enough service and I don't want google or any other search engine to channel my experience in not good enough channels just to keep their business afloat. that is not free market. When I and a plenty like me like a service we keep using it no matter if Google promotes it or not. If google had the power you are fear-mongering about we would not have FB, Twitter, Instagram, etc.

tdkl 10y ago

But AI is the future and our AI is the only which is true, embrace it! /s