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Because they can. They have no competition. Like MS in the 90'. Don't worry, in 20 years, all their PR will say they are your best friend again. They will be
by BiteCode_dev 5y ago
Because they can. They have no competition.
Like MS in the 90'.
Don't worry, in 20 years, all their PR will say they are your best friend again. They will be the underdog for some unforseen reason, and will suddenly call for respecting your private life, encrypting everything and give power to the user.
The way MS does it for open source today.
It's the circle of life for corporations.
- fiftyacorn 5y agoYup like oil and car companies going "green(TM)"
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- MomoXenosaga 5y agoPerhaps now people understand why they were booted from China.
- chiefalchemist 5y agoThis by no mean a defense of Googke et al... To be fair, we (the public) have been complacent and complicit. We so often opt for convenience and "personalization" and "free" without pausing to consider the implications. We write it all off as inevitable even though that's not the case. Google and such will take that continue to nudge it further and further in their favor. "The Age of Surveillance Capitalism" is an amazing - and sometimes boring :) - dive of both depth and breadth. It altered my lens for the better. https://theintercept.com/2019/02/02/shoshana-zuboff-age-of-surveillance-capitalism/ https://theintercept.com/2019/02/02/shoshana-zuboff-age-of-s...