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At this point, Google is pretty much the fae folk of tech: immensely powerful beings with inscrutable motives and mercurial dispositions, inclined to rain ruin
by jordemort 5y ago
At this point, Google is pretty much the fae folk of tech: immensely powerful beings with inscrutable motives and mercurial dispositions, inclined to rain ruin on your head at the slightest provocation or even just on a whim. Best to leave a saucer of milk out for them at night, and studiously avoid the areas they control if you value your anything.
- marcus_holmes 5y agoHeadcanon accepted. The fae are notoriously afraid of iron, and harmed by merely touching it. What's the equivalent for Google?
- DevX101 5y agoCongressional hearings?
- dylan604 5y agoThey've been there done that. They've been to the EU as well and came back with a tan (which let's face it is an impressive feat on its own). Have they even "suffered" fines in the EU that the Zuck has received?
- dariusj18 5y agoMagnets?
- brezelgoring 5y agoCopyright law. Don't even need to prove you own your target video, just claim it and boom, you get what you want (redirect monetization to your MCM, takedown the video, etc).
- dylan604 5y agoThat's not affecting Googs though, that's affecting users you have a beef with instead. The Googs seem to be impervious to any kryptonite.
- brezelgoring 5y agoI think that to risk a lawsuit over copyright infringement is an opening that could be interpreted as kryptonite, if I upload the Justice League movie to Youtube, Warner wouldn't hesitate to sic a lawyer to Google's offices demanding the takedown, not hurting you, but them.
- dylan604 5y agoPlease, if that actual scenario were to happen, Googs would just immediately comply with the take down and move on. Nothing would happen to Googs. They would then shut down your account, which is exactly what should happen. You're* an idiot for posting an obviously known copyrighted piece of conent in its entirety. Don't be a troll *Not you you, but the royal you
- robin_reala 5y agoAd blockers.
- contravariant 5y agoOr really any non-curated browsing experience.
- h_anna_h 5y agoWhat about competition? Or well, not acting evil.
- BoxOfRain 5y ago>What's the equivalent for Google? The aurora borealis perhaps? The sun could decide to throw us a particularly nasty geomagnetic storm one day and suddenly Google would go to fearsome tyrant to basically irrelevant overnight. I imagine most of us on HN would be out of a job too!
- A_non_e-moose 5y agoAurora Borealis? In this time of the year? (can't wait for this one to get deleted...)
- msp_yc 5y agoActually, I kinda think it fits with the topic! You've managed to make an oblique cultural reference to the exact issue at hand: YouTube users: Can I see it? Google: ...no.
- dexen 5y agoUnlocked smartphones, where the user can easily install third party apps, including browser with ad blocker. Emphasis on easily - if it ever becomes straightforward, without going through scary settings menu, Google will be quite scared.
- robin_reala 5y agoFirefox Mobile is in Google Play Store, and trivially has an ad blocker installed?
- 1MachineElf 5y agoThe AGPL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22540300 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22540300
- pessimizer 5y agoTaxes.
- ta1234567890 5y agoSupporting your point: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28695806 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28695806 There’s been a lot of controversy lately about Robinhood/Citadel/GME/Reddit. And it looks like either Google might be taking sides, or that if you are powerful enough you can get Google to block some search results/suggestions.
- cheshire137 5y agoThis is a pretty solid description of the situation, yeah.