“Google: it is time to return to not being evil”

Re:“Google: it is time to return to not being evil” by freehunter on Monday September 04, 2017 @09:20PM (#15171875)

It's completely possible for someone to have immense market power and not use it for evil.

I mean Apple is the richest company in the world but they choose to compete in very niche markets, and hasn't actually completely dominated a market since the iPod even though they easily could with their massive stockpiles of money.

Instead of trying to bend the Internet to the point of breaking, Google could just... not do that. They could focus on putting the industry best ads in the industry best search results, running the largest video streaming service, sell a wildly successful mobile OS, and have the best online office suite without all of the other terrible things they do as a corporation.

They're already the best at basically everything, so they got bored and now need to burn their reputation like it's kindling. It's pointless.

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Re:“Google: it is time to return to not being evil” by akerl_ on Monday September 04, 2017 @09:49PM (#15171964)

There are posts on this site at least once a week about something Apple is doing that folks feel to be "evil", just like Google.

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Re:“Google: it is time to return to not being evil” by freehunter on Tuesday September 05, 2017 @12:04PM (#15176502)

I don't think that removing the headphone jack from a phone is really "evil", no matter how you feel about headphone jacks.

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Re:“Google: it is time to return to not being evil” by akerl_ on Tuesday September 05, 2017 @01:20PM (#15177201)

It seems weird to pick an example I didn't give, and then refute that example, with the implication that you've offered evidence against my claim.

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Re:“Google: it is time to return to not being evil” by freehunter on Tuesday September 05, 2017 @01:38PM (#15177377)

Well considering you didn't give an example...

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Re:“Google: it is time to return to not being evil” by jiggunjer on Monday September 04, 2017 @10:34PM (#15172110)

Apple is in a niche market? You mean Starbucks clients?

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Re:“Google: it is time to return to not being evil” by freehunter on Tuesday September 05, 2017 @12:05PM (#15176518)

Compare the install base of iPhones to Android worldwide. Compare the install base of Macs to PCs worldwide. They could make a $200 computer like almost every other laptop manufacturer, but they choose not to. They could make a $200 smartphone like many other manufacturers, but they choose not to.

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