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Eventually there's a time where corporations, like individuals have to decide what's important, putting their money where their mouth is as it were. What matter
by cik 5y ago
Eventually there's a time where corporations, like individuals have to decide what's important, putting their money where their mouth is as it were. What matters more to Google, profit or accessibility of information. Issues like these highlight those choices.
- golemiprague 5y agoGoogle doesn't care about the accessibility of information, they care about their politics and that's why, like other SV companies, they were very upfront about their support to certain causes and candidates. The problem is that when it comes to other countries they got no clue about the politics of the place and they don't even know who they want to support. I am sure once they figure out who are the "baddies" they are going to censor them without even a slight regard to accessibility of information.
- vmception 5y agoyes, but on a municipality by municipality basis because geofences and switch statements are free
- Jyaif 5y agoIn this case, profit and accessibility of information go hand in hand: if Google does not comply with the government, Google does not get to exist in Russia.
- plugger 5y agoYea, I kinda thought the whole idea of corporations, especially the big multinationals, was that profit was ALWAYS the number one priority. When you view them with that lens it helps a lot in terms of attempting to understand their decisions.
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- chmod775 5y agoIt takes immense pressure for Google to even choose morals over money in the US. No way they'll even take the slightest risk when Russia has well-positioned competitors in the search engine space and other areas Google is active in. I don't think they're looking forward to their personal China 2.0