Google's Monopoly-Based Foreign Policy

Re:Google's Monopoly-Based Foreign Policy by atlasunshrugged on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @08:30AM (#21824570)

I'm generally pro competition but I feel like there's probably more to this story (just remembering how eBay also left Turkey). Aren't there some issues with how the data is supposed to be stored in Turkey (a place where many people including journalists are jailed and does not rank highly as a Democratic country) that would also make Google more likely to just up and leave or outright negotiate with the government over the laws rather than directly give in? Of course, I get the argument for how Google is too powerful with their system, I don't disagree, but I'm skeptical in general of trying to do fair business with Russia and Turkey given their track records

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Re:Google's Monopoly-Based Foreign Policy by bayindirh on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @09:25AM (#21825112)

> just remembering how eBay also left Turkey

eBay didn't leave Turkey. They've bought http://www.gittigidiyor.com and continuing to operate.

They're still here, just under a different brand. They've bought their fiercest local competitor.

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Re:Google's Monopoly-Based Foreign Policy by atlasunshrugged on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @11:06AM (#21826232)

Sorry, you're absolutely right, I meant PayPal and obviously they haven't been the same company for quite some time! https://techcrunch.com/2016/05/31/paypal-to-halt-operations-...

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Re:Google's Monopoly-Based Foreign Policy by duck2 on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @11:16AM (#21826340)

Note that the regulation isn't about backdoors or data storage. Google is fined because of tying Search to Android, which is decided as anti-competitive by Russia and EU.

I think they pulled out to avoid paying the fine, but this might prove to be a monopoly exerting tactic as well. There is just no other explanation of pulling out of a market just because you have to un-tie your products now.

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Re:Google's Monopoly-Based Foreign Policy by mhet on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @11:06AM (#21826222)

ebay did not left Turkey. They acquired a local ecommerce and they are operating over that one now. It wasn't able to compete then it just bought it.

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Re:Google's Monopoly-Based Foreign Policy by BurningFrog on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @12:08PM (#21826914)

As someone who is also pro competition, I don't mind if a peaceful actor like Google is able to compete in some sense with an oppressive warring state like Turkey.

Yeah, I'm being provocative. But think about it.

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Re:Google's Monopoly-Based Foreign Policy by goatinaboat on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @12:23PM (#21827092)

a peaceful actor like Google is able to compete in some sense with an oppressive warring state like Turkey.

What if it were more profitable for Google to side with the oppressive regime?

A trick question because we all already know what the answer is.

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Re:Google's Monopoly-Based Foreign Policy by BurningFrog on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @03:43PM (#21829215)

You're saying if Google is powerful, it might do something bad.

That's of course true, but it's also true of Turkey.

To me, having many actors with limited power is better than having a few with lot of power.

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