Re:I Quit Google Over Its Censored Chinese Search Engine
by Aunche on Monday December 03, 2018 @04:05PM
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The difference is that impact of normalizing behavior is completely speculative, but search is a real product that can benefit people. Any business with China normalizes their suppression, but I doubt that the people who oppose Dragonfly have a problem with how many of their parts in their smartphone were sourced from China. Conveniently, Dragonfly doesn't offer anything to Americans, so that just crosses the line of what's "evil."
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Re:I Quit Google Over Its Censored Chinese Search Engine
by JumpCrisscross on Monday December 03, 2018 @04:11PM
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> Dragonfly doesn't offer anything to Americans
Precedent matters. Google having built a censored search engine for China makes it harder to say "no" to Saudi Arabia, Russia, Poland, France or even the American government. Apple understood this when they refused to build a cracking tool for the San Bernardino shooter's phone.
Re:I Quit Google Over Its Censored Chinese Search Engine
by vsl on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @10:56AM
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The same Apple that, also famously, moved iCloud data of all its Chinese customers to servers in mainland China controlled by a Chinese company (and thus, accessible to the government)?
It's also worth reminding that Google did exit China in 2010 because of precisely these ethical concerns. Only to watch all of its competitors - Apple included - unscrupulously do business in China. It's no wonder they reconsidered their stance.
Re:I Quit Google Over Its Censored Chinese Search Engine
by whatshisface on Monday December 03, 2018 @04:10PM
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Many people would like to see America become less dependent on China's industrial base, maybe even most people.