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Originally Posted by pwalker8
There is much to like about Google, but I think that it is a mistake to think that Google, Amazon, Apple or any other large corporation does something out of the kindness of their heart. Many of Google's free apps come from various employee's Friday projects. Google has/had Friday projects not because it allows them to provide cool free apps, but rather because it allows them to keep their more creative programmers. The cool free apps is just a side benefit. Of course, it also gains them other non tangible things that benefits Google as a whole. Google is neither evil, nor good, they are simply a large corporation that has a certain culture which many people happen to like.
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For someone who so often calls out a strawman, you do it yourself nonstop. Nobody ever said that amazon or google do something out of kindness. Just because some people believe, that in this situation their interest and that of amazon go hand in hand, it does not follow that both have the same motivation, do something just for the other or being on the same side on other issues.