3 ms·
Ahh yes, Google the bastion of unethical business practices in comparison to.... checks notes banks....
by ikiris 5y ago
Ahh yes, Google the bastion of unethical business practices in comparison to.... checks notes banks....
- CPLX 5y agoIn both cases the organizations would eventually descend into using the skin of newborn infants for making snack food if they thought it would make them an extra dollar. Which is why both need aggressive regulation.
- jessaustin 5y agoThey're not as evil as e.g. Goldman Sachs, but they're significantly more evil than several local banks that I actually use.
- pyrale 5y agoWell, yeah. Bankers would go to jail [1] for the kind of market manipulation google does on ad markets [2]. The realization may not have dawned on our industry yet, but the abuses big tech is currently into are the kind that gave banks their reputation, and also their regulation. [1] e.g.: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-36737666 https://www.bbc.com/news/business-36737666 [2] among others: https://www.forbes.com/sites/enriquedans/2021/01/19/jedi-blue-a-scandal-that-highlights-yet-again-the-need-to-regulate-bigtech/?sh=201b1fd8270d https://www.forbes.com/sites/enriquedans/2021/01/19/jedi-blu...