GG Posted September 21, 2018 Posted September 21, 2018 On 9/21/2018 at 5:17 PM, Foxx said: ummm... perhaps i am living in an alternate reality, but here... Net Neutrality was repealed. ETA: oh comically... i get it after a re-read. Expand The dumb Net Neutrality law was repealed, which restored the prior net neutrality guidelines. The FTC got its powers back.
Buffalo_Gal Posted September 21, 2018 Posted September 21, 2018 I do not want to lift the search engine land graphic, but if you click this article, you can see a search breakdown from February of this year. Google controls 89.5% of all searches from that month (it will change month-to-month) via google, google images, and youtube. (I must say I have trouble believing the google image percentage, and the low Pinterest percentage.) That is a whole lot of influence. And as they keep buying up competitors, their influence grows.
Foxx Posted September 21, 2018 Posted September 21, 2018 On 9/21/2018 at 5:21 PM, GG said: The dumb Net Neutrality law was repealed, which restored the prior net neutrality guidelines. The FTC got its powers back. Expand touché
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted September 21, 2018 Posted September 21, 2018 On 9/21/2018 at 5:24 PM, Buffalo_Gal said: I do not want to lift the search engine land graphic, but if you click this article, you can see a search breakdown from February of this year. Google controls 89.5% of all searches from that month (it will change month-to-month) via google, google images, and youtube. (I must say I have trouble believing the google image percentage, and the low Pinterest percentage.) That is a whole lot of influence. And as they keep buying up competitors, their influence grows. Expand Google IS for all intents and purposes a monopoly, and there's a long history of breaking up monopolies.
DC Tom Posted September 21, 2018 Posted September 21, 2018 On 9/21/2018 at 5:21 PM, joesixpack said: Windows is cancer. Especially windows 10. Expand Fortunately it hasn't metastasized yet. That'll happen when they start pushing ads to your desktop.
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted September 21, 2018 Posted September 21, 2018 (edited) On 9/21/2018 at 5:48 PM, DC Tom said: Fortunately it hasn't metastasized yet. That'll happen when they start pushing ads to your desktop. Expand I'm just waiting for my boss to provide a work computer for my home office. Some stuff I need windows for on my home PC (work-wise). Once that need is made irrelevant, I'll be looking for a distro. Taking suggestions from the uber-nerds here. Edited September 21, 2018 by joesixpack
DC Tom Posted September 21, 2018 Posted September 21, 2018 On 9/21/2018 at 5:49 PM, joesixpack said: I'm just waiting for my boss to provide a work computer for my home office. Some stuff I need windows for on my home PC (work-wise). Once that need is made irrelevant, I'll be looking for a distro. Taking suggestions from the uber-nerds here. Expand Ubuntu's probably the best there is...although I prefer the KUbuntu flavor. Used to like Scientific Linux, but I found their upkeep of it to be spotty. My all-time favorite was probably Mandrake, but they've discontinued it. 1
DC Tom Posted September 22, 2018 Posted September 22, 2018 On 9/22/2018 at 5:03 PM, Deranged Rhino said: Expand So? China is sovereign, and has their own laws and regulations, and companies that want to do business in China have to abide by them. Never understood the constant whining about companies in China having to follow Chinese law that isn't American law. 2
boyst Posted September 22, 2018 Posted September 22, 2018 On 9/22/2018 at 5:08 PM, DC Tom said: So? China is sovereign, and has their own laws and regulations, and companies that want to do business in China have to abide by them. Never understood the constant whining about companies in China having to follow Chinese law that isn't American law. Expand Racist
Deranged Rhino Posted September 22, 2018 Posted September 22, 2018 On 9/22/2018 at 5:08 PM, DC Tom said: So? China is sovereign, and has their own laws and regulations, and companies that want to do business in China have to abide by them. Never understood the constant whining about companies in China having to follow Chinese law that isn't American law. Expand Google motto: "Do no evil... except in China or when we're paid enough to"... isn't very reassuring to customers at home.
DC Tom Posted September 22, 2018 Posted September 22, 2018 On 9/22/2018 at 5:13 PM, Deranged Rhino said: Google motto: "Do no evil... except in China or when we're paid enough to"... isn't very reassuring to customers at home. Expand Google ditched that motto, though.
GG Posted September 22, 2018 Posted September 22, 2018 On 9/22/2018 at 5:08 PM, DC Tom said: So? China is sovereign, and has their own laws and regulations, and companies that want to do business in China have to abide by them. Never understood the constant whining about companies in China having to follow Chinese law that isn't American law. Expand But shouldn't stop people from reminding them that they're hypocrites of the highest order.
DC Tom Posted September 22, 2018 Posted September 22, 2018 On 9/22/2018 at 8:02 PM, GG said: But shouldn't stop people from reminding them that they're hypocrites of the highest order. Expand They're a business. They want to do business. In China. That's not hypocritical. That's business. Supporting a "free and open internet" while selectively suppressing search results to promote an agenda...that's hypocrisy. 1
The_Dude Posted September 23, 2018 Posted September 23, 2018 Fascism. https://www.businessinsider.com/white-house-executive-order-investigate-google-facebook-antitrust-2018-9
/dev/null Posted September 23, 2018 Posted September 23, 2018 On 9/23/2018 at 12:12 AM, The_Dude said: Fascism. https://www.businessinsider.com/white-house-executive-order-investigate-google-facebook-antitrust-2018-9 Expand Was it Fascism when they went after Standard Oil, US Steel, or Ma Bell?
TakeYouToTasker Posted September 23, 2018 Posted September 23, 2018 On 9/23/2018 at 12:12 AM, The_Dude said: Fascism. https://www.businessinsider.com/white-house-executive-order-investigate-google-facebook-antitrust-2018-9 Expand Explain why.
DC Tom Posted September 23, 2018 Posted September 23, 2018 On 9/23/2018 at 2:04 AM, TakeYouToTasker said: Explain why. Expand Oh God. Don't encourage the chucklehead. 1 1
/dev/null Posted September 23, 2018 Posted September 23, 2018 On 9/23/2018 at 2:06 AM, DC Tom said: Oh God. Don't encourage the chucklehead. Expand 2
GG Posted September 23, 2018 Posted September 23, 2018 On 9/22/2018 at 8:06 PM, DC Tom said: They're a business. They want to do business. In China. That's not hypocritical. That's business. Supporting a "free and open internet" while selectively suppressing search results to promote an agenda...that's hypocrisy. Expand No, not for the business practices, but for holding countless company town halls, setting up crying rooms and reassuring the scared workers that they will stand up to the evils that Trump's America will unleash on the downtrodden .... yet work hand in hand to help a surveillance state that imprisons and tortures people who voice a differing opinion. Brin's grandparents should smack him with wet blanket for insulting the memory and the sacrifices that people made to get his sorry ass out of their **** hole country. 1
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