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Google operates exactly like a criminal organization would. It's that simple, and we should talk about it in that way, because that is what it is. A huge portio
by ocdtrekkie 4y ago
Google operates exactly like a criminal organization would. It's that simple, and we should talk about it in that way, because that is what it is. A huge portion of their business is effectively racketeering, and we should be putting Larry, Sergey, and Sundar in prison. RICO provides some tools to effectively bring in the heads of the organization based on the actions of people under their employ.
"Nice website you got there. It'd sure be a shame if your competitors all were listed above it in search even when looking for it by exact name."
- shadowgovt 4y ago"Wow, that would suck for me. Guess I'll be telling my customers to find me on Bing. Not to mention supporting the trade and industry organizations that will be putting the message out, via ad campaigns, that Bing is the better option."
- DesiLurker 4y agoif you think thats criminal, you should look up what they do with android anti fragmentation agreement.
- ocdtrekkie 4y agoHeh, well aware. The MADA and AFA are insane reads, especially when you realize they apply to over half the mobile phones on the planet. It's one of those things they keep confidential not because they have any real trade secrets, but because they're flagrantly illegal and they want to keep government officials from seeing them.
- hgsgm 4y agoYeah, imagine if Apple banned their manufacturing and sales partners from selling devices with forks of the iOS open source project too. Or if Microsoft banned Windows forks.
- DesiLurker 4y agoyeah its not nearly the same thing. Google is built on the opensource OS called AOSP (android open source project), then they have all the proprietary google stuff on top of it. they use sleazy legal tactics to force anyone using the AOSP variant on any device to not be allowed to ship with any google service. mind you the AOSP is completely legal and developed under the guise of create open platform and supporting community. this is nowhere like microsoft banning reactos or apple banning .. well pretty much everything outside of their walled garden.
- rodgerd 4y agoNow add "all GM cars".
- scarface74 4y agoI’m far from a Google fan and find most of the products tacky - including Google search without an ad blocker. But I wouldn’t even go that far.
- ocdtrekkie 4y agoI think we are far too afraid of upsetting tech employees to admit that it's exactly what it is. They apply somewhere near a double-digit-percentage tax to most businesses globally. They are under investigation for illegal practices in nearly every jurisdiction that has laws against certain business practices, and now their CEO has literally been caught specifically requesting to take business conversations off the record so they can't be used as evidence against them in a court of law. It's been a few years since people talked about it, but how much money were they hiding offshore in a island nation bank account again? Like... I'm hard pressed to find a scenario where Google has not appeared to be a bunch of outright gangsters. If we could put executives from Volkswagen in prison for cooking the books on some environmental regulations, shuttering Google and arresting the entire C-suite should be way more obvious.
- scarface74 4y agoSearch for “crack addled flea” and find the first message. I’m definitely not a Google fan
- ttttt444yeak 4y agoThey absolutely belong in prison, I just don't think it should stop with the C suite.