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How exactly could they shut it down? Its a client-side browser extension that uses peer-to-peer connections. It doesn't run on any of Google's infrastructure.
by andyjohnson0 13y ago
How exactly could they shut it down? Its a client-side browser extension that uses peer-to-peer connections. It doesn't run on any of Google's infrastructure.
I'm getting a bit tired of seeing this comment every time Google release a new product. I understand that people think they're being insightful in saying this, but they're really not.
- dpd126 13y agoFurthermore, it's not even created by Google directly: > "uProxy has been developed at the University of Washington, with help from Brave New Software. The project was seeded by Google Ideas."
- Shish2k 13y agoOk, to rephrase for the pedant: "Google pulls core developers off of uProxy; without leadership, multiple incompatible forks form and quickly die" (Not saying that that will happen, just clarifying what I presume is the grandparent's point)
- andyjohnson0 13y agoI'm not a pedant. And the core developers work for the University of Washington and Brave New Software, not Google. [1]. [1] http://googleblog.blogspot.com.au/2013/10/new-free-expression-tools-from-google.html http://googleblog.blogspot.com.au/2013/10/new-free-expressio...