dkei

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   by dkei 12y ago

   Google is not an "advertising agency", that is a specific thing. What they are is a mainly ad supported medium which is what most internet services are, same as TV/Radio/Newspapers/Mags etc. Airing out philosophical
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   by dkei 12y ago

   Maybe if you take this post as a singular occurrence but I've noticed many such post in the last week alone.
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   by dkei 12y ago

   Is it a Google specific issue though? I mean there is a policy users could read, they have the dashboard, transparency reports, bug trackers, forums, blog posts, the works, probably more than anyone else offers. Also there are the many arti
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   by dkei 12y ago

   Post should be dated with "(2013)" appendage. What's with these endless bouts of Google-hate on HN? seemingly if there isn't anything going on at the moment someone would readily whip something out from the archives just
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   by dkei 12y ago

   That is a separate issue.
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   by dkei 12y ago

   This has little bearing on the gravity of the ask, the jurisdictional authority of the EU is not unlimited. Besides it's a disproponate legislative move targeting one company, it will in the very least raise questions.
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   by dkei 12y ago

   This is political posturing and grandstanding on steroids, whoever bought the EU parliament (evidently Germany publishers) did a good job. They can’t “break up” Google, it’s an American company! it’s not based there. Also the previous compe