Re:I Was Google’s Head of International Relations. Here’s Wh...
by awb on Friday January 10, 2020 @12:58PM
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> "We shouldn't censor for China, even if that makes us lose money"
Back in 2010 there were many other opportunities to grow the company. The bigger you get the harder it is to grow.
Playing ball with China becomes one of the easier ways to keep growing once you reach a certain size. The NBA did the same thing after they saturated the US market.
I'm sure many execs have performance incentives / stock options that caused the shift in policy.
Re:I Was Google’s Head of International Relations. Here’s Wh...
by ganstyles on Friday January 10, 2020 @01:10PM
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The interesting thing about the NBA growing into China was that not only were they playing ball with China but went a step further and we're playing ball _in_ China.
Back in 2010 there were many other opportunities to grow the company. The bigger you get the harder it is to grow.
Playing ball with China becomes one of the easier ways to keep growing once you reach a certain size. The NBA did the same thing after they saturated the US market.
I'm sure many execs have performance incentives / stock options that caused the shift in policy.