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So is this Google trying to navigate around Australia's proposed changes, or did Google blink and decide not to pull out?

by joecot 6y ago

jimmcslim 6y ago
I’m not sure of the details but apparently our Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, had a “fruitful discussion” with Google yesterday...
- dhsysusbsjsi 6y ago
  The Australian PM is from a marketing background so there’s a fair chance the deal changed so Australian tax payers are now paying Google to pay Murdoch media.
  - firecall 6y ago
    The whole thing is corrupt nonsense. Morrison has been in Murdochs pocket his entire career. It's shamless corruption that is damaging Australian Domocracy and our reputation.
    - chrismsimpson 6y ago
      Good thing google aren’t evil
      - fggg444 6y ago
        no one has a monopoly on being evil. both players can be wrong
      - kentosi 6y ago
        If you're referring to Google's old motto "Don't be evil", then FYI that got dropped years ago: https://gizmodo.com/google-removes-nearly-all-mentions-of-dont-be-evil-from-1826153393 https://gizmodo.com/google-removes-nearly-all-mentions-of-do...
      - filoleg 6y ago
        Was your comment tongue-in-cheek? Because it seemed pretty obvious to me, but you are getting heavily downvoted, and I am usually the one who is very oblivious to sarcasm/tongue-in-cheek in writing. Which makes me doubt my assumption about your comment. Just wanted to make sure I understood the comment correctly.
  - tamrix 6y ago
    Do you have a source for this claim or is this just speculation?
  - kissickas 6y ago
    I looked up every newspaper in the list, and I don't see any evident connections to Murdoch (which I found surprising). Am I wrong?
  - rospaya 6y ago
    In the end he'll always be Scotty from marketing.
jb_s 6y ago
50/50? I think this first step is Google going "fuck you, we'll create our own curated news service and we'll pay a bunch of independent media on our own terms". But it's still probably just a matter of time until it's murdoch wall-to-wall

So is this Google trying to navigate around Australia's proposed changes, or did Google blink and decide not to pull out?

by joecot 6y ago

So is this Google trying to navigate around Australia's proposed changes, or did Google blink and decide not to pull out?

jimmcslim 6y ago

I’m not sure of the details but apparently our Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, had a “fruitful discussion” with Google yesterday...

dhsysusbsjsi 6y ago
The Australian PM is from a marketing background so there’s a fair chance the deal changed so Australian tax payers are now paying Google to pay Murdoch media.
- firecall 6y ago
  The whole thing is corrupt nonsense. Morrison has been in Murdochs pocket his entire career. It's shamless corruption that is damaging Australian Domocracy and our reputation.
  - chrismsimpson 6y ago
    Good thing google aren’t evil
    - fggg444 6y ago
      no one has a monopoly on being evil. both players can be wrong
    - kentosi 6y ago
      If you're referring to Google's old motto "Don't be evil", then FYI that got dropped years ago: https://gizmodo.com/google-removes-nearly-all-mentions-of-dont-be-evil-from-1826153393 https://gizmodo.com/google-removes-nearly-all-mentions-of-do...
    - filoleg 6y ago
      Was your comment tongue-in-cheek? Because it seemed pretty obvious to me, but you are getting heavily downvoted, and I am usually the one who is very oblivious to sarcasm/tongue-in-cheek in writing. Which makes me doubt my assumption about your comment. Just wanted to make sure I understood the comment correctly.
- tamrix 6y ago
  Do you have a source for this claim or is this just speculation?
- kissickas 6y ago
  I looked up every newspaper in the list, and I don't see any evident connections to Murdoch (which I found surprising). Am I wrong?
- rospaya 6y ago
  In the end he'll always be Scotty from marketing.

jb_s 6y ago

50/50? I think this first step is Google going "fuck you, we'll create our own curated news service and we'll pay a bunch of independent media on our own terms". But it's still probably just a matter of time until it's murdoch wall-to-wall