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If it came to light that somebody found a way to use this API in a way that is harmful to society would you be happy that Google could revoke access? Or unhappy

by wrsh07 1y ago

If it came to light that somebody found a way to use this API in a way that is harmful to society would you be happy that Google could revoke access? Or unhappy? This is a real tradeoff of freedom vs _. I agree that I'm not always a fan of Google being the one in control, but I'm much happier that they are even releasing an API. That's not something they did for go! (Of course there was a book written so someone got access)

roughly 1y ago
If it came to light that somebody found a way to use this API in a way that is beneficial to society, would you be happy that Google could revoke access? Or unhappy?
- wrsh07 1y ago
  This is a bit of a false dichotomy. If it's useful, it's good that it was created. We should be happy about the progress. If it's harmful, we should be happy about guardrails. Friction is a useful tool, I don't begrudge people or companies from employing it
nimchimpsky 1y ago
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