3 ms·
>What are companies like Google doing to ensure that the Internet is not run by Hollywood? I'm really sorry to break it to you, but Google will not give half a
by slowpoke 15y ago
>What are companies like Google doing to ensure that the Internet is not run by Hollywood?
I'm really sorry to break it to you, but Google will not give half a damn about the internet being run by Hollywood as long as they can still mine data and serve ads. "Don't be evil", they say, but that does by no means equal "fight evil". Google isn't some saintly figurehead of internet freedom, they are a corporation like every other, just with better PR.
- waqf 15y agoI agree that Google acts in its own interests, but they sure do care about the internet being run by Hollywood. With a locked-down internet and strong copyright legislation, Hollywood/other content owners would own all the ad spots and would cut Google out of the loop. Google is better off with a decentralized internet of "amateur" content* on which they can serve ads and negotiate a cut of the revenue. * Pirated content would work for them too, but it's not remotely worth their while to be publicly anti-copyright or to not comply with U.S. law.
- einhverfr 15y agoThis is true. Google would prefer that the internet were run by the largest adware company in the world (which is ironically named after a very large number)..... But the point here is that the decentralization of the internet actually protects everyone. It prevents a single set of interests from trampling over everyone else's interests.
- regularfry 15y agoIt's not only the content. I'm sure a large proportion of Google's engineers wouldn't be happy with their jobs if they became beholden to Hollywood.