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Google is Evil


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2015 Jul 7, 1:54pm   78,159 views  482 comments

by Patrick   ➕follow (61)   💰tip   ignore  

Goddamn it, i want to keep google out of my life entirely, but now my employer uses gmail, so have to use it, and my employer put my first and last name on it: first.last@mycompany.com

To view my work calendar on my phone i have to add that account, so google knows my phone now too.

Even viewing a youtube video at work i noticed that they have me logged in to youtube (which google owns). if i log out, i can't read my email...

Google is the worst thing ever to happen to privacy.


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425   HeadSet   2024 May 22, 8:12am  

Patrick says

https://www.sott.net/article/491590-Unprecedented-Google-Cloud-error-WIPES-customer-account-and-backups-for-no-reason



Buried under the news from Google I/O this week is one of Google Cloud's biggest blunders ever: Google's Amazon Web Services competitor accidentally deleted a giant customer account for no reason. UniSuper, an Australian pension fund that manages $135 billion worth of funds and has 647,000 members, had its entire account wiped out at Google Cloud, including all its backups that were stored on the service. UniSuper thankfully had some backups with a different provider and was able to recover its data, but according to UniSuper's incident log, downtime started May 2, and a full restoration of services didn't happen until May 15.


That IT guy that decided on a third backup while using a non-Google provider should get a nice bonus.
427   Maga_Chaos_Monkey   2024 May 24, 9:00am  

I can apparently opt out but I received this email from googly:

"Your Android devices will soon join the Find My Device network

How it works
Devices in the network use Bluetooth to scan for nearby items. If other devices detect your items, they’ll securely send the locations where the items were detected to Find My Device. Your Android devices will do the same to help others find their offline items when detected nearby."

It even works if your device is off...
428   Patrick   2024 May 24, 9:33am  

Creepy.
433   DOGEWontAmountToShit   2024 Jul 28, 2:08pm  

They are filtering out the Trump Assassination Attempt photo also.


434   Patrick   2024 Jul 28, 5:11pm  

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13682029/Google-sparks-frightening-new-election-conspiracy-key-feature-omits-Trump.html


Search engine results on Google about the recent assassination attempt on Donald Trump are coming up empty, leading the web giant open to accusations of election tampering.

Google has been accused by conservatives of interfering in elections dating back to 2008, with the Hunter Biden laptop story suppression in 2020 leading many on the right irate.

Now, those who enter the terms 'assassination attempt' into the system, the attempt on the life of Donald Trump just two weeks ago doesn't show up.

The news reached Donald Trump Jr. who issued a blistering statement on X regarding the omission.

He wrote: 'Big Tech is trying to interfere in the election AGAIN to help Kamala Harris. We all know this is intentional election interference from Google. Truly despicable.'



435   Patrick   2024 Jul 28, 5:14pm  

I've confirmed for myself that the AI linked to by DuckDuckGo also omits mention of the Trump assassination attempt when you ask it to tell you about recent assassination attempts. But when you complain, it apologizes and knows all about it.
437   HeadSet   2024 Jul 28, 7:48pm  

Patrick says

Search engine results on Google about the recent assassination attempt on Donald Trump are coming up empty, leading the web giant open to accusations of election tampering.

The Dems are constantly talking about taking anti-trust action against Alphabet. Alphabet knows that if they do not tow the Dem line that anti0trust will get serious.
452   FarmersWon   2024 Jul 31, 8:52pm  

Patrick says





Confirmed it.
Above is not a joke!
454   Patrick   2024 Aug 5, 10:19pm  

https://www.yahoo.com/news/google-loses-massive-antitrust-case-212925635.html


In the most significant legal ruling against a major technology giant in more than two decades, a federal judge says Google illegally monopolized online search and advertising by paying companies like Apple and Samsung billions of dollars a year to install Google as the default search engine on smartphones and web browsers.

By monopolizing search queries on smartphones and browsers, Google abused its dominance in the search market, throttling competition and harming consumers, U.S. District Judge Amit P. Mehta said in his 286-page decision. Google owes much of its more than $300 billion in annual revenue to search ads.

“Google is a monopolist, and it has acted as one to maintain its monopoly,” Mehta wrote.
455   HeadSet   2024 Aug 6, 8:22am  

Patrick says

“Google is a monopolist, and it has acted as one to maintain its monopoly,” Mehta wrote.

So, what will be done about it? Busting Google up?
456   Patrick   2024 Aug 6, 11:22am  

https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/dont-mention-the-war-tuesday-august


In more terrific legal news, the Associated Press reported the shocking news yesterday that “Google illegally maintains monopoly over internet search, judge rules.” You don’t say.

The decision capped a years-old lawsuit filed by President Trump’s DOJ. In what AP called a “setback” for Google, Federal Judge Amit Mehta entered a whopping two hundred and seventy-five page ruling, longer than a normal novel, finding that Google has illegally monopolized search. Among many other things, Judge Mehta noted that Google spends almost $30 billion dollars a year to ensure its service is set as the default on nearly every device in the world.

“After having carefully considered and weighed the witness testimony and evidence, the court reaches the following conclusion: Google is a monopolist, and it has acted as one to maintain its monopoly,” Judge Mehta wrote. Google “enjoys an 89.2% share of the market for general search services, which increases to 94.9% on mobile devices,” the ruling explained.

The order didn’t prescribe what happens next, such as whether Google should be broken up. (Yes, please.) But the court scheduled a follow-up hearing on September 6th to discuss the remedy. Google has vowed to appeal, a process that could tie things up for years.

But even better, commenters expect a whole new crop of class-action lawsuits citing the judge’s findings, arguing that advertisers were gouged by Google’s monopolistic pricing.

One wonders. Had Google not abandoned its original motto of “Don’t Be Evil,” might it have avoided the DOJ’s crosshairs? Once again, we see the example of a big corporation that decides to dabble in politics and then discovers what happens next. (Ahem, Disney.)

As a libertarian-minded conservative, I generally object to government meddling in markets. But there is a place for anti-trust laws, and I can’t think of a more deserving target of scrutiny than this particular search giant. Thus, it’s progress.


I have to wonder whether this ruling came out now before the "election" to make it appear that the "Biden" administration is actually enforcing anti-trust law. 2020 was by no means a legitimate election, nor is Biden actually running anything, but it seems that shadowy figures like Klain and Zients still have an interest in appearing legitimate.
457   Patrick   2024 Aug 11, 1:46pm  

https://www.readtrung.com/p/the-rise-and-fall-and-rise-of-pixar


Google is an illegal monopoly according to a US Federal Judge. The thrust of the case — which began 4 years ago — is that Google has a monopoly in the search market (90% of US searches; 95% of mobile US searches). The judge says that Google initially created that monopoly through ingenuity, a better product and superior business skills. But it has since maintained that monopoly position with “a major, largely unseen advantage over its rivals: default distribution”.

Google does this by paying browsers (Mozilla), smartphone makers (Samsung) and telecom companies — usually through revenue share agreements — to be the default search option, which drives its massive digital ad business. These type of payments are deemed anticompetitive and now total $26B a year, with the largest chunk ($20B) going to Apple to be the default search option in the Safari browser.




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