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Google could already do this per your hypothetical given that Google donates millions.

• danuker 4y ago
  That doesn't argue for going further in serving Google.
• bawolff 4y ago
  [Citation needed] Pretty sure google is not a big enough donor to really matter.
  • endisneigh 4y ago
    They’re a non profit, you can go and see Google’s contributions easily yourself. Google is one of the biggest single entity donors
    • bawolff 4y ago
      Where? All i could find is they donated > $50,000 but i dont see how much more. I guess it depends how much more, but that doesn't particularly seem like a lot relative to WMF's annual budget.
      • endisneigh 4y ago
        https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/22/google-org-donates-2-million-to-wikipedias-parent-org/amp/ https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/22/google-org-donates-2-milli... You’d have to look at their annual reports to get more granular info
        • bawolff 4y ago
          The annual report does not have this info as far as i can tell. That article is about the endowment not WMF itself. It might all be connected, but the endowment is removed enough that i think the argument that the donation gives google any control is silly. It also says that there was a 1.1 million donation to WMF proper, based on a vote of google staff. Really not seeing the potential control there, given that it wasnt really directed by google executive. Regardless, i dont think a donation that is only ~1% of the annual budget is enough to give google any control