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I had so much respect for Google about a decade ago. Now they are on the same level as Microsoft. The Orweillian attempts at redefining language is... not surp
by nasredin 9y ago
I had so much respect for Google about a decade ago.
Now they are on the same level as Microsoft. The Orweillian attempts at redefining language is... not surprising. This is beyond regular corporate-speak.
Their search results are full of spam.
They take hostage Gmail accounts.
It seems that everything "cool" they do... has a sinister, ulterior motive.
I don't know if all the good they have done outweighs the bad.
- mschuster91 9y ago> They take hostage Gmail accounts. > I don't know if all the good they have done outweighs the bad. Well, I wouldn't call Google outright sinister. That's just what happens when capitalism goes unchecked. Too bad that even the EU, even the mothership of regulations Germany, didn't have the guts to put some red lines (and consumer rights!) towards Google.
- dannyw 9y agoThe old Google Toolbar had a warning with big red font saying “THIS IS NOT YOUR USUAL YADA TADA”. It explained the page rank feature sends what domains you visit to Google for checking their pagerank, and how Google processed that specific information. It gave you the choice to enable or disable, in equally sized buttons. Today, you instal Chrome and are immediately asked to sign in without being aware this “syncs” your browsing history to Google.