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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.