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Blacking out your own site to protest a law is as silly as cutting off your ear to woo a lover. I like Google's approach.
by grandalf 15y ago
Blacking out your own site to protest a law is as silly as cutting off your ear to woo a lover. I like Google's approach.
- bmelton 15y agoIf that law threatens your ability to do business, then it could be seen as worthwhile. As Ohanian has said, if SOPA passes, it will likely be the end of Reddit. NOT being willing to lose a day's revenue to something along those lines illustrates, to me, a lack of forethought.
- grandalf 15y agoGoogle's daily revenue is more money than all congress members combined receive per year in donations.
- bmelton 15y agoAll the more reason I'd think they'd want to protect it, going forward.
- grandalf 15y agoMy point is that they should spend it in ways that create incentives for politicians, not confusion and annoyance for their customers. If a stop SOPA/PIPA vote was held today, less than 10% of the people raising a stink about it on the internet would show up at the polling place.