> This should bother people here more than it does. The last thing the Internet needs is even more dependence upon Google. They've made it quite clear through t

> This should bother people here more than it does. The last thing the Internet needs is even more dependence upon Google. They've made it quite clear through their actions that they're not supporters of a free and open Internet: https://theintercept.com/2018/09/14/google-china-prototype-l.. https://theintercept.com/2018/09/14/google-china-prototype-l.... Which reminds me of: > Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday called for uncensored Internet access around the world. Among other initiatives, Clinton said the U.S. government will meet next month with network services companies to advance "Internet freedom."... In remarks aimed at the business community, Clinton said companies shouldn't yield to pressure from foreign governments to censor themselves or violate human rights. She urged companies to resist such pressures even if it means losing business in those countries, and argued that a principled stand would be good for business over the long run... Clinton said the State Department will host a meeting in February with network services companies to address the issues around Internet freedom. (from https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/hillary-clinton-says-internet-freedom-will-be-us-foreign-policy-priority https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/hillary-clinton-says...) > Increasingly, U.S. companies are making the issue of internet and information freedom a greater consideration in their business decisions. I hope that their competitors and foreign governments will pay close attention to this trend. The most recent situation involving Google has attracted a great deal of interest. And we look to the Chinese authorities to conduct a thorough review of the cyber intrusions that led Google to make its announcement. And we also look for that investigation and its results to be transparent. https://2009-2017.state.gov/secretary/20092013clinton/rm/2010/01/135519.htm https://2009-2017.state.gov/secretary/20092013clinton/rm/201... Chris Messina, open web advocate at Google at the time, was present (check his website now http://chrismessina.me/b/13865613/leaving-google http://chrismessina.me/b/13865613/leaving-google). edit: damn... almost ten years ago.