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What makes you so convinced that breaking Chinese censorship is in Google's best interest? What makes you convinced that they have any responsibility to do any
by zelon88 8y ago
What makes you so convinced that breaking Chinese censorship is in Google's best interest? What makes you convinced that they have any responsibility to do any amount of good to anyone?
Google stands to gain a monopoly in the largest market on Earth by signing a deal with China. They stand to lose the largest market on Earth with no chance of ever competing in it if they stab China in the back. They will do nothing to "break" censorship. Doing no evil isn't even in their mission statement anymore, so starting a civil war over free speech certainly isn't on their radar.
Google wants market share. They want more GBs of personal data that they can use to profile the human race and target ads to the right people. The only concern about well-being in any of this is Google being concerned that their own employees will turn this into a media fiasco, which it slowly is becoming.