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Google -is- a malicious and exploitative surveillance capitalism company preying on people that don't feel like they have a choice. Inch by inch "don't be evil
by lrvick 5y ago
Google -is- a malicious and exploitative surveillance capitalism company preying on people that don't feel like they have a choice.
Inch by inch "don't be evil" has been replaced with "maximize profit".
I have no doubt that if in 20 years decrypting "historical" Apple user data for "training purposes" is legal and will make Google leadership more money, they will pressure ethically flexible engineers to do it for them.
Assume anything profitable that is legally defensible somewhere in the world will be done by every surveillance capitalism company at some point.
- LadyCailin 5y agoWell, you may be right, but then if you are, I’m not sure you can justify leaving your data with Apple either, which is a public company that has the same underlying market incentives. In fact, if that’s what I believed, I doubt I would put any of my data anywhere, and rather just go live in the woods, or more likely, just give up and stop caring. I’m not convinced that Apple will be any more or less malicious than google is/was/will be when considering a 20 year time frame.