I agree that Schmidt is a good example of someone who's already demonstrated willingness to use his power to bully those he perceives as political opponents, bu

I agree that Schmidt is a good example of someone who's already demonstrated willingness to use his power to bully those he perceives as political opponents, but the principle that access to such an incredibly dangerous power exists, and that existing regulation can barely if at all limit it, is really the problem. Forget any specific individual and ask yourself if we can trust every high level Alphabet exec who could pull some strings and make sure it doesn't get "leaked" that those strings were pulled in decades to come.