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Re:Google Starts Censoring BitTorrent, RapidShare and More by radicaldreamer on Wednesday January 26, 2011 @09:22PM (#2146306)
Agreed, it's definitely hypocritical of Google.

The whole "don't be evil" ideal has a two big caveats these days: 1) as long as it doesn't interfere with profits 2) or google's corporate interests.

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Re:Google Starts Censoring BitTorrent, RapidShare and More by marshray on Wednesday January 26, 2011 @09:50PM (#2146363)
But how can not returning search suggestions that the user in all probability actually wants be in their corporate interest? How could this do anything but detract from the #1 value Google has: the quality of their search?

What miniscule gain in the reduction of uTorrent users or the temporary appeasement of RIAA/MPAA demands could this possibly be worth the debasing of their brand image?

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