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Google is a weapon used by the US government to establish the domination and seize control over citizens access to information. Would Google really care about t

Google is a weapon used by the US government to establish the domination and seize control over citizens access to information. Would Google really care about the open Internet, it'd license itself with GNU Public license long time ago. This call is hypocrisy. It is like a bank which collected all the gold is calling to the mob to rob some other bank where some other gold is. Once the other bank is robbed and cease to exist, the mob will inevitably bring the gold back to the initiator of the robbery. True freedom in the Internet is in hands of its users already. They just don't want it and give their own power to things like Google, allowing a costly layer between their needs and fulfilment. What can you do about it is another question.

davorak 14y ago
> Would Google really care about the open Internet, it'd license itself with GNU Public license long time ago I do not have a strong idea of why you think Google using the gnu licence would be strong stride in making the internet more open. What is the top technology they should GNU licence and what is the top impact it would have in opening up the internet?
- j_col 14y ago
  How about their ranking algorithm. Wouldn't that lead to a more transparent Internet?
  - jQueryIsAwesome 14y ago
    A more transparent internet where all the sites are abusing their knowledge of the algorithm to improve page ranking.
    - seqastian 14y ago
      which would lead to a better algorythm that is less abuseable
      - wmf 14y ago
        Assuming that such an algorithm is possible.
    - j_col 14y ago
      Right, so Google keep this a secret to protect us. How is this open again?
wildgift 14y ago
While I wouldn't put it that way... I think it's true that Google is not a disinterested beacon of freedom. They align with it for their own purposes.
- throwaway64 14y ago
  Its best to always remember this, Google was not on the side of "internet freedom" when they recommended to the FCC that wireless networks didn't need net neutrality.
  - Evbn 14y ago
    This? http://googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com/2010/08/joint-policy-proposal-for-open-internet.html?m=1 http://googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com/2010/08/joint-policy-... Please explain where Google harmed Internet freedom. Without Google and Android the mobile Internet would be 98% gated by the iOS app store and 2% mobile web running on dead-ended mobile safari with a slow JS engine.
    - throwaway64 14y ago
      "we both recognize that wireless broadband is different from the traditional wireline world, in part because the mobile marketplace is more competitive and changing rapidly. In recognition of the still-nascent nature of the wireless broadband marketplace, under this proposal we would not now apply most of the wireline principles to wireless, except for the transparency requirement. " IE, nothing about network neutrality, except telling people what you throttle/etc should apply to wireless.

davorak 14y ago

> Would Google really care about the open Internet, it'd license itself with GNU Public license long time ago I do not have a strong idea of why you think Google using the gnu licence would be strong stride in making the internet more open. What is the top technology they should GNU licence and what is the top impact it would have in opening up the internet?

j_col 14y ago
How about their ranking algorithm. Wouldn't that lead to a more transparent Internet?
- jQueryIsAwesome 14y ago
  A more transparent internet where all the sites are abusing their knowledge of the algorithm to improve page ranking.
  - seqastian 14y ago
    which would lead to a better algorythm that is less abuseable
    - wmf 14y ago
      Assuming that such an algorithm is possible.
  - j_col 14y ago
    Right, so Google keep this a secret to protect us. How is this open again?

wildgift 14y ago

While I wouldn't put it that way... I think it's true that Google is not a disinterested beacon of freedom. They align with it for their own purposes.

throwaway64 14y ago
Its best to always remember this, Google was not on the side of "internet freedom" when they recommended to the FCC that wireless networks didn't need net neutrality.
- Evbn 14y ago
  This? http://googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com/2010/08/joint-policy-proposal-for-open-internet.html?m=1 http://googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com/2010/08/joint-policy-... Please explain where Google harmed Internet freedom. Without Google and Android the mobile Internet would be 98% gated by the iOS app store and 2% mobile web running on dead-ended mobile safari with a slow JS engine.
  - throwaway64 14y ago
    "we both recognize that wireless broadband is different from the traditional wireline world, in part because the mobile marketplace is more competitive and changing rapidly. In recognition of the still-nascent nature of the wireless broadband marketplace, under this proposal we would not now apply most of the wireline principles to wireless, except for the transparency requirement. " IE, nothing about network neutrality, except telling people what you throttle/etc should apply to wireless.