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I'm an economist -- I focus on incentives. What I see of the one bad^H^H^H clueless apple is that their incentive with WEI aligns with a monopolist's goal to v

by tomrod 3y ago

I'm an economist -- I focus on incentives. What I see of the one bad^H^H^H clueless apple is that their incentive with WEI aligns with a monopolist's goal to vertically and horizontally integrate. Google has proven, time and again, that their "don't be evil" mantra is long out of sync with what a layperson would feel is evil. Hence, it makes sense to expect they will behave as any other company. Perhaps one thinks WEI will make the web "better" with more targeted ads. This is in err, since adverts make a worse experience overall.

bagacrap 3y ago
You are moving your own goalposts. You stated that you couldn't believe how out of touch a single dev was. Now you are claiming that Google as a company is acting in a certain way. And yet the feedback from higher ranking members of the Chrome/Blink team has been negative towards this proposal.
- tomrod 3y ago
  > You stated that you couldn't believe how out of touch a single dev was. Now you are claiming that Google as a company is acting in a certain way. To the contrary. I stated this: >> What I see of the one bad^H^H^H clueless apple is that their incentive with WEI aligns with a monopolist's goal to vertically and horizontally integrate. Clearly, I see that the dev is out of touch with reality in a way that benefits Google's short-term profits without benefiting society at large, and my comment explains such at a higher level of discourse. > And yet the feedback from higher ranking members of the Chrome/Blink team has been negative towards this proposal. And thank all higher powers for your identified reasonability of more experienced, understanding devs working against their employer's short-term interests by publicly holding back the shit-storm that WEI would unleash.