Europe Is Going After Google Hard, and Google May Not Win

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Post by rufus42 » Fri, Jul 15, 2016, 12:13 PM UTC

Europe Is Going After Google Hard, and Google May Not Win
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Post by kbwt » Fri, Jul 15, 2016, 1:41 PM UTC

As it should be. I wonder why the EU isn't putting more scrutiny on the app store.

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Post by Shivetya » Fri, Jul 15, 2016, 1:50 PM UTC

I am not a fan of the "Right to be forgotten" but I am an even less happy with the idea that just because they are so good are providing searching that somehow they aren't allowed to favor their own interests. Are we to treat them as a utility or such simply because they spent the time and effort to become so good?

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Post by slazaro » Fri, Jul 15, 2016, 1:57 PM UTC

Shivetya wrote: post #3

I am not a fan of the "Right to be forgotten" but I am an even less happy with the idea that just because they are so good are providing searching that somehow they aren't allowed to favor their own interests. Are we to treat them as a utility or such simply because they spent the time and effort to become so good?

With great power comes great responsibility, right? If you're not operating ethically and it affects billions of people, I don't think it's out of the question to expect some accountability for your actions.

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Post by GoToRO » Fri, Jul 15, 2016, 1:57 PM UTC

Shivetya wrote: post #3

I am not a fan of the "Right to be forgotten" but I am an even less happy with the idea that just because they are so good are providing searching that somehow they aren't allowed to favor their own interests. Are we to treat them as a utility or such simply because they spent the time and effort to become so good?

The problem is that they say the results are organic, while they are not. So this fraud.

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Post by galfarragem » Fri, Jul 15, 2016, 1:58 PM UTC

"Don't be evil." -- Google, early 2000's [1]

[1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_be_evil

Edit: Despite the strong HN bias I will keep this comment.

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Post by criley2 » Fri, Jul 15, 2016, 1:59 PM UTC

Is anyone surprised that Google didn't come from Europe, and the next one isn't either?

Good for Europe. Go out there and extract that pound of flesh from the foreign company and show domestics what a powerful government regulator looks like, show them that their business is better started in another country.

Is what it is. Hope the tax revenue offsets the lack of innovation and talent flight.

But I think Google News and Spain demonstrate the reality of this situation, that regulators are dogs chasing cars who are praying they never catch it.

" In the end, Google in Europe could wind up as a very different thing than Google at home."

Are Europeans not upset that they're being forced into sub-standard foreign technology by their government for which they have no superior domestic alternative, also suppressing domestic innovation as innovators seek greener regulatory pasture, all in the name of today's tax revenue?

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Jul 15, 2016, 1:59 PM UTC

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Post by LoSboccacc » Fri, Jul 15, 2016, 2:01 PM UTC

criley2 wrote: post #7

Is anyone surprised that Google didn't come from Europe, and the next one isn't either? Good for Europe. Go out there and extract that pound of flesh from the foreign company and show domestics what a powerful government regulator looks like, show them that their business is better started in another country. Is what it is. Hope the tax revenue offsets the lack of innovation and talent flight. But I think Google News…

they already killed small startups with the disarmonized VAT rules :/

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Post by rufus42 » Fri, Jul 15, 2016, 2:03 PM UTC

criley2 wrote: post #7

Is anyone surprised that Google didn't come from Europe, and the next one isn't either? Good for Europe. Go out there and extract that pound of flesh from the foreign company and show domestics what a powerful government regulator looks like, show them that their business is better started in another country. Is what it is. Hope the tax revenue offsets the lack of innovation and talent flight. But I think Google News…

I don't think Europeans care or have to care. If it looks different, there will be other StartUps/innovations for the missing pieces.

Here are many sub-search sites which doesn't deliver like Google, but are famous because they are more ethical. The question is: Is it real innovation or just an addiction for everything new and shiny.