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You have to remember, though, that these aren’t small national governments. If Google really pissed off the EU, or US, they could simply force all banks to fre
by kuschku 9y ago
You have to remember, though, that these aren’t small national governments.
If Google really pissed off the EU, or US, they could simply force all banks to freeze Google’s assets, and seize them. This has worked in the past, and can be used again.
- gaius 9y agoThey aren't being a genuine, credible anti-corporate voice either. These are nation states. They can start arresting Google's employees too. "Officer of the company" is not just an empty phrase.
- gaius 9y agoWhat happened here? My original comment about Trump is gone and replaced with the body of another comment I made.
- thejynxed 9y agoIf the EU and US really pissed off Google, imagine the things that would start appearing in news centers all over the world that Google has stashed away on storage drives in some backroom server.
- kuschku 9y agoThis might cause issues in many countries, but there’s equally many stories about Google that can quickly be on the front page of all German newspapers, and would cause a rioting mob to lynch Google’s developers.