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Don't have to believe it.

• shadowgovt 7y ago
  But we'll believe the rest of the article? By what criteria do we pick and choose?
  • Ericson2314 7y ago
    You can believe all of it. Intensions are fickle; they don't even claim to be permanent.
  • OnlineGladiator 7y ago
    Why would you ever believe a giant corporation would choose not to monetize an insanely valuable asset just because they said so?
  • wongarsu 7y ago
    Incentives. Does it make sense for a tech giant employing lots of data scientists and existing health products (Google Fit) to expand further into Health? Yes. Does it make sense for a company earning most of their money through advertising to keep health data they are processing completely separate from their core business? In the long run yes, but they can also make a lot of money in the short to medium term by breaking that commitment
    • deadmutex 7y ago
      > they can also make a lot of money in the short to medium term by breaking that commitment I personally don't see an incentive for Google to make a quick buck by sacrificing the long term. I see it as quite the opposite, since Google has a lot of cash on hand. See [1] [1] https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/alphabet-google-parent-now-has-more-cash-than-apple-2019-7-1028404234 https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/alphabet-goo...