• Bane <branimir.milosavljevic gmail.com> Jan 24 2010

Bane <branimir.milosavljevic gmail.com> writes:

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.