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No matter how good Go is I would never use it just because it is from Google, a corporation I consider to be evil. Sure Oracle may not be the wonderchild, but

No matter how good Go is I would never use it just because it is from Google, a corporation I consider to be evil. Sure Oracle may not be the wonderchild, but at least they don't store everything they can about me without me having any say in the matter.

chimen 7y ago
Do you use React? MySql? VsCode? YouTube? Chrome? Not all departments have to share the same vision. Go is open source and its code up on a repository, open and visible.
- zelpo 7y ago
  In other words, you cant escape the wrath of google, so what you should do is give up. It's like showing up at a Greenpeace march and pointing out to a protester they they are wearing shoes that were made in a facility that probably contributed to the destruction of the planet. Why bother protesting you imperfect hypocrite?
  - Blackstone4 7y ago
    If one wanted to hurt Google, stop using their products which generate revenue/profit i.e. Google Search, YouTube etc. For me Golang does not fall into this category.
  - chimen 7y ago
    I'm not protesting anything. Sure I would like to use something else but I don't see any other search engine with better, more relevant results yet. Nor do I see a better video platform or a better webmail (I am being subjective here ofc). You can't tell people to give up good things just because [insert evil things here] and offer no better alternative. You can escape the wrath of google of course, there's always Bing, Duckgo and others; Python, Ruby, Elixir, PHP, Java; Proton, yahoo mail, Zoho; Vimeo, DailyMotion; Gmail, Search and Go (yes it's my fav language so far) runs or helps my business greatly and with a direct impact on my income so yes...I'll gladly share my fetishes with the big brother. I don;t want to but I have no better alternatives. Do you? I think your frustration comes from the fact that you want to avoid using their products but can't find better alternatives. Also, no need to call people names and...use your own username; don't go green in fear of internet points.
    - mrgriffin 7y ago
      FWIW I read > Why bother protesting you imperfect hypocrite? As a thing that people are saying to the hypothetical Greenpeace protester, not a thing that GP is directing at you.
    - pgcj_poster 7y ago
      Some people make new accounts frequently for privacy reasons.
- ecmascript 7y ago
  React? MySql? VsCode? YouTube? Chrome? No. No. Yes. Yes. No. But all departments is still controlled by the company itself. No matter how good hearted the Go devs are, they are still paid by Google and I don't want to contribute to their power any more than I have to.
Blackstone4 7y ago
Not a perfect analogy but here it goes....as people, we are a mix of good and bad. Others have done things I do not like but that does not necessarily stop me from appreciating the good things about them. The world is a lot of gray than some people appreciate. At school and on the screens in the west, we are taught that the world is good vs. evil....

chimen 7y ago

Do you use React? MySql? VsCode? YouTube? Chrome? Not all departments have to share the same vision. Go is open source and its code up on a repository, open and visible.

zelpo 7y ago
In other words, you cant escape the wrath of google, so what you should do is give up. It's like showing up at a Greenpeace march and pointing out to a protester they they are wearing shoes that were made in a facility that probably contributed to the destruction of the planet. Why bother protesting you imperfect hypocrite?
- Blackstone4 7y ago
  If one wanted to hurt Google, stop using their products which generate revenue/profit i.e. Google Search, YouTube etc. For me Golang does not fall into this category.
- chimen 7y ago
  I'm not protesting anything. Sure I would like to use something else but I don't see any other search engine with better, more relevant results yet. Nor do I see a better video platform or a better webmail (I am being subjective here ofc). You can't tell people to give up good things just because [insert evil things here] and offer no better alternative. You can escape the wrath of google of course, there's always Bing, Duckgo and others; Python, Ruby, Elixir, PHP, Java; Proton, yahoo mail, Zoho; Vimeo, DailyMotion; Gmail, Search and Go (yes it's my fav language so far) runs or helps my business greatly and with a direct impact on my income so yes...I'll gladly share my fetishes with the big brother. I don;t want to but I have no better alternatives. Do you? I think your frustration comes from the fact that you want to avoid using their products but can't find better alternatives. Also, no need to call people names and...use your own username; don't go green in fear of internet points.
  - mrgriffin 7y ago
    FWIW I read > Why bother protesting you imperfect hypocrite? As a thing that people are saying to the hypothetical Greenpeace protester, not a thing that GP is directing at you.
  - pgcj_poster 7y ago
    Some people make new accounts frequently for privacy reasons.
ecmascript 7y ago
React? MySql? VsCode? YouTube? Chrome? No. No. Yes. Yes. No. But all departments is still controlled by the company itself. No matter how good hearted the Go devs are, they are still paid by Google and I don't want to contribute to their power any more than I have to.

Blackstone4 7y ago

Not a perfect analogy but here it goes....as people, we are a mix of good and bad. Others have done things I do not like but that does not necessarily stop me from appreciating the good things about them. The world is a lot of gray than some people appreciate. At school and on the screens in the west, we are taught that the world is good vs. evil....