Google illegally spied on workers before firing them, US labor board alleges

Re:Google illegally spied on workers before firing them, US ... by munk-a on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @04:45PM (#25282069)

This is helpful information - the next time I'm working on promoting my website I'll remember that it's entirely optional whether my business thrives or I go destitute due to refusing to be indexed by their search index.

Your statement is accurate when a healthy market and competitors exist but you are not free to avoid doing business with Google since they have an insane amount of market control.

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Re:Google illegally spied on workers before firing them, US ... by sneak on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @04:51PM (#25282144)

You can run most types of businesses without Google, or even in being in Google's index at all.

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Re:Google illegally spied on workers before firing them, US ... by bigbob2 on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @05:57PM (#25282903)

Whether or not you realize it your vendors probably do business with Google, so that statement isn't really true.

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Re:Google illegally spied on workers before firing them, US ... by chii on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @07:12PM (#25283603)

all else being equal, your competitor using google's index will have business perform better than yours. Thus, you will be out-competed.

The benefits of _not_ using google's index does not make up for it. So unless there some other benefit from doing so, not using google's index merely makes your business less competitive.

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Re:Google illegally spied on workers before firing them, US ... by lopmotr on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @07:23PM (#25283691)

I face that Google search risk for my business but all businesses have risks. If not from Google, from regulation changes, Covid-19 lockdowns, competitors, disruption of the market like Uber/AirBnB, etc. If you don't want risk, don't be a businessman. Get a normal job like everyone else.

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