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The New York times is participating in a campaign against Americas top tech companies. I don't know what their goal is, but no good will come off it. Google is
by dqpb 9y ago
The New York times is participating in a campaign against Americas top tech companies. I don't know what their goal is, but no good will come off it. Google is one of our strengths, not one of our weaknesses.
- Jeff_Brown 9y agoThe article takes great pain to point out the importance and value of Google. Genghis Khan was one of Mongolia's strengths. Standard Oil was one of 19th century America's strengths. An empire can be great and still stifle good things. It's hard to know what we're missing.
- moultano 9y ago>They basically shut down Foundem, creating more time for them to give advice to other companies and regulators fighting Google. This consulting work, some of which was funded by Google’s competitors, has helped to keep the Raffs afloat. They really buried the lead.
- jaydz 9y agoThe media has been attacking tech for years. First they attacked startups and their valuations, later the "tech bros," and now Google/Amazon/Facebook. This Scott Galloway fellow seems to be leading the charge.
- neolefty 9y agoTwo factors that seem to be on the mind of the NYTimes: * Tech companies' role in 2016 election interference (agents buying ads, trolls) * Tech companies' impact on journalism (Google News, decline in subscriptions, shift in advertising) The first one is explicit, and they have every right and responsibility to hold it up to the light, given its seriousness. The second one is a more of a speculation about their motivations. Newspapers are clearly frustrated -- how much does it factor into NYT's recent trend of aggressive coverage of tech & social media?
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- dtornabene 9y agoSo its not in our interest to have a free press that investigates concentrations of power and capital that literally control access to information?
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