Google's Go

[Bane]

Rainer Deyke Wrote:

> Bane wrote:
> > I naively and firmly believe, from my standpoint as a individual,
> > that any large corporation is evil. Google is no exception.
> 
> I think there is some truth to that, in the same way as all governments,
> political parties, and other large organizations are evil.  Still, this
> doesn't mean that are governments or all large corporations are morally
> equivalent.  I'll take the evil of a secular liberal democracy over the
> evil of a fundamentalist theocratic dictatorship any day.
> 
> Google provides free products and services, uses unobtrusive
> advertising, promotes open standards, and contributes to open source
> projects.  Compared to other corporations of a similar size, they're
> practically saints.  Even if I don't care for their products, or for the
> direction in which they are trying to push the computer industry.

When it comes to search engine,  mail and maps, I agree 100%. I use all of them exclusively because they are more qualitative and less intrusive than alternatives. OTH, i am very careful and aware what mail i send/recieve and what search strings i type in, just in case that 'free' in terms of money doesn't translates to 'cost too much' in terms of privacy and freedom.