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Re:Google Urged the U.S. to Limit Protection for Activist Wo... by slickbuntu on Thursday January 24, 2019 @09:21AM (#18988846)
There really is no other credible argument that they could give. Business must grow, if they don't they die.

It's predatory no doubt, and Google certainly can't be considered an honest broker. But this dichotomy is necessary in today's hysterical environment that social media has created.

It sucks.

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Re:Google Urged the U.S. to Limit Protection for Activist Wo... by rexpop on Thursday January 24, 2019 @09:53AM (#18989139)
> Business must grow, if they don't they die.

Perhaps re-labeling major (and unprecedented) communication/organization platforms from "businesses" to something akin to "utilities"—or, more radically, "platform coops"—would quash such apologia.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platform_cooperative

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Re:Google Urged the U.S. to Limit Protection for Activist Wo... by mehrdadn on Thursday January 24, 2019 @09:27AM (#18988906)
"Other"? What is the first credible argument they could give?

You can't accuse someone of something for which you would never accept anything as evidence in their defense.

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