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"Happens to be owned by Google" is a cop-out. They get the benefits of being a megacorp. They should get the drawbacks too.
by TheCoelacanth 6y ago
"Happens to be owned by Google" is a cop-out.
They get the benefits of being a megacorp. They should get the drawbacks too.
- shadowgovt 6y agoI mean, in this case the drawback appears to be "troll lawsuit by a firm paid by Oracle that is trying to bend precedent to screw Google, but would have secondary effects on other web services as well." That's not just a drawback for Google.
- handedness 6y agoOne person's troll lawsuit is another person's corporate gridlock leading to a balance of power. It's not an entirely bad thing when they start fighting over issues that are actually important to end users, and may provide some net gain for society. Tech cooperation and infighting, like governmental cooperation and infighting, has its pros and cons.
- WhyNotHugo 6y agoAgreed. "Happens to be owned by Google" makes it sound like they accidentally purchased it. "I'm sorry mister judge, the the rootkit happened to be owned by my company and written by my devs, but there's mere chance."