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Re:The Web Began Dying in 2014 (2017) by buboard on Sunday November 24, 2019 @10:52AM (#21621085)
> Corporations aren't good or evil. They are powerful

That meant to imply that google is neutral? The strong nuclear force is powerful that doesn’t mean anything on its own. It can be harvested for good electricity or bad bombs. Of course the consensus on this is almost universal, the consensus on google is much more ambivalent. Corporations may well be good or evil

Re:The Web Began Dying in 2014 (2017) by marc_io on Sunday November 24, 2019 @11:30AM (#21621406)
Yes, Google is not neutral, it definitely have a clear, intentional agenda. But it's non-moral (not imoral, or evil) as are all corporations. It just uses it's power as a way to complete it's objectives. This is way different from being neutral.
Re:The Web Began Dying in 2014 (2017) by BlueTemplar on Sunday November 24, 2019 @05:11PM (#21623800)
In a republic, the government - representing the people - is supposed to have the biggest stick. Huge companies with their own agendas are throwing a spanner in the works. And they basically only care about money. So the bigger they are, the more inherently evil they are. And it becomes even worse with transnational companies whose headquarters are basically out of reach.
Re:The Web Began Dying in 2014 (2017) by zepto on Sunday November 24, 2019 @04:32PM (#21623576)
Objectives can be evil
Re:The Web Began Dying in 2014 (2017) by marc_io on Tuesday November 26, 2019 @12:40PM (#21640577)
Certainly, what I mean is that it's actions can be also be seen as good under certain moral code.
Re:The Web Began Dying in 2014 (2017) by buboard on Monday November 25, 2019 @04:07AM (#21626537)
when ppl say google is evil they mean its leadership