Re:Why Did ProtonMail Vanish from Google Search Results? (2016)
by MikkoFinell on Thursday November 30, 2017 @09:42AM
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We are not talking about "any kind of behavior". We are talking about whether a private company whose business model is to provide internet search results should have the right to decide whether to exclude certain content from those results. You can make an argument that entities like Google and Facebook have too much power, but I don't see the argument that compels such companies to include X in their service based on whether its "fair" or not.
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Re:Why Did ProtonMail Vanish from Google Search Results? (2016)
by staunch on Thursday November 30, 2017 @04:15PM
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> I don't see the argument that compels such companies to include X in their service based on whether its "fair" or not.
If our system worked, Google would almost certainly broken up and most of their databases (full of people's private information) couldn't exist legally.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unfair_business_practices
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Competition_law#United_States_...