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Financial incentives, while a large motivator for companies, are frequently not the exclusive one. Google for quite a few years was seen as a good steward of t
by rockskon 10mo ago
Financial incentives, while a large motivator for companies, are frequently not the exclusive one.
Google for quite a few years was seen as a good steward of the free and open Internet.
To assert people shouldn't feel betrayed because "it's a company" fundamentally ignores why people had different expectations for Google to begin with.
- acheron 10mo agoWhen, 2001? By the time Chrome came out it had been clear that was not true for awhile.
- rockskon 10mo agoUp until roughly 2010 Google was a pretty consistent advocate and activist for the open Internet.
- CrossVR 10mo agoBecause it was in their financial interest to do so. Their business is dependent on the internet after all. The problem is that people are quick to assume a company is being altruistic just because the financial incentives happen to align with their own incentives.