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Google is a public, profit making company. Can't really believe the "Do no evil" mantra. It was a financial decision to pull out. They were losing ground to Bai
by fma 10y ago
Google is a public, profit making company. Can't really believe the "Do no evil" mantra. It was a financial decision to pull out. They were losing ground to Baidu and this allowed them to save face.
It's like how Google shuts down every other product - it's not making profit.
- panarky 10y agoYou can make a profit and do the right thing. Sometimes doing the right thing actually helps you make more profit. I'd guess that withdrawing from China was a net loser for Google overall, but in my case it strengthened my brand loyalty to Google.
- seanmcdirmid 10y agoEven if they stayed, they wouldn't have been allowed to win or are much business there. Baidu was the sanctioned champion, and had huge unfair advantages given them by the government (e.g. They were allowed to index lots of porn). It wasn't really a net loss given what we know today about China's protective policies.