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Defending Google's right to choose who to do business with - for (with certain notable exceptions involving protected classes of individuals) any purpose, no ma
by mumblemumble 6y ago
Defending Google's right to choose who to do business with - for (with certain notable exceptions involving protected classes of individuals) any purpose, no matter how petty, is not excusing Google for being capricious. It's recognizing that the norms of civil society mean that there are certain times when you need to just hold your nose and acknowledge that someone gets to do something you don't like, because the cure would be worse than the disease.
If there's a problem here, it's that Google has grown to be so powerful. Nobody was ever concerned about Lifeway Christian Bookstores being extremely selective in whose products they would carry, for reasons that many would consider quite discriminator. Why? Because Lifeway has lots of competitors, and no effective way to compel people to only buy books from them.