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> It appears that when Google was small, they tried to be open to benefit from other big players. Now that they are the biggies, they don't see any value in bei
by anoncow 13y ago
> It appears that when Google was
small, they tried to be open to
benefit from other big players.
Now that they are the biggies,
they don't see any value in being open.
Sad but true. Corporations who have to worry about keeping their share price forever in the green will have to compromise on their ideals. They will still talk about their ideals but they won't put their money where their mouth is.
- mwcampbell 13y agoThis raises the question of how much we users can trust any for-profit corporation, since at some point that corporation will value its own profit above our intersts. One possible answer is that we can trust them with short-term transactions, but not with any kind of long-term relationship, especially one that's hard to get out of.