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Originally Posted by HansTWN
I was joking about everything except Google's motives. They are dangerous, with the thoroughness with which they analyze and store everything about each of us forever. And they are going much too far with Street View. Yes, that may be the wave of the future. I did not think that you stand for advocacy of pure capitalism, that is exactly why I was surprised that you were excited about the company that most represents unbridled capitalism in our time. Seems so much at odds with your previous comments. Google chrome was just announced and I haven't seen it, so I have no comment on it. Google's browser and Android leave me rather unimpressed. Obviously my attempt at a humorous presentation got lost somewhere. Well, I am no writer, and English isn't my first language. So please, lighten up!
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I apologise. Sarcasm and humour don't travel well on the web, I fear ; I mistook your intentions.)
As to Google, yes, you're right, I do have concerns over their business (especially their dealings with China) but I have to balance that with what they offer and a level of pragmatism. They open source their product, they offer a product with minimal interruption to me and maximum benefit, and for free. Okay, I give up my privacy in the deal, but I don't know what I could do to be private anyway? TOR? Freenet? VPN's? Our social exposure is almost required to partake in the web nowadays. Do I completely ignore the good Google do because of the concerns over privacy or do I use their services and hope that their better intentions will outweigh their profit motif?
They're hard ethical questions to answer, not as easy as when it comes to my own creativity and the realtionship that has to profit. Questions I might change my mind on at any moment, dependent on what Google does.
So, to cut it short, sorry again for mistaking what you said and apologies if my reaction seemed harsh
