Google Legally Profits from Fraud on Its Platform
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Google Legally Profits from Fraud on Its Platform
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Re: Google Legally Profits from Fraud on Its Platform
#2Just me or is the biggest company that likely has the highest % of their revenue generated illegally AirBnB? By "illegal" I mean the listing does not conform to local, state, and/or federal law for rental/vacation home rentals.
I've never heard of a situation where busted million-dollar rings of illegal AirBnBs ever resulted in the company being forced to refund fees.
Re: Google Legally Profits from Fraud on Its Platform
#3Just me or is the biggest company that likely has the highest % of their revenue generated illegally AirBnB? By "illegal" I mean the listing does not conform to local, state, and/or federal law for rental/vacation home rentals. I've never heard of a situation where busted million-dollar rings of illegal AirBnBs ever resulted in the company being forced to refund fees.
How quaint: a comment in a post critical to Google, by an account created an hour ago, bashing not-Google.
Re: Google Legally Profits from Fraud on Its Platform
#4Reminds me of the Reply All episode about locksmiths & Google Maps (https://gimletmedia.com/shows/reply-all/o2ho87)
Re: Google Legally Profits from Fraud on Its Platform
#5How about eBay and Amazon knowingly selling counterfeit goods to the tune of billions? Or Craigslist for sex workers?
I'm sure none of these companies started out with the intention of profiting from illegal or immoral activities, but once they notice that prophet bump, it becomes difficult for them to make changes, especially if no one really cares or complains too much...
Re: Google Legally Profits from Fraud on Its Platform
#6Why is there so much attention on Google?
It's market cap is $800B. Amazon and Microsoft are roughly $1T. Facebook is $600B.
We're not a bunch of rubes here, to have this many articles proposing sanctions and/or breakup of Google has all the fingerprints of coordinated action. It's less than a month after the US president saying he would sue them because he felt they didn't give conservative sources favorable enough index ranking.
This has a stink to it.
Re: Google Legally Profits from Fraud on Its Platform
#7Why is there so much attention on Google? It's market cap is $800B. Amazon and Microsoft are roughly $1T. Facebook is $600B. We're not a bunch of rubes here, to have this many articles proposing sanctions and/or breakup of Google has all the fingerprints of coordinated action. It's less than a month after the US president saying he would sue them because he felt they didn't give conservative sources favorable enough…
>This has a stink to it.
TBH so does using market cap to dismiss criticism of Google
Re: Google Legally Profits from Fraud on Its Platform
#8Why is there so much attention on Google? It's market cap is $800B. Amazon and Microsoft are roughly $1T. Facebook is $600B. We're not a bunch of rubes here, to have this many articles proposing sanctions and/or breakup of Google has all the fingerprints of coordinated action. It's less than a month after the US president saying he would sue them because he felt they didn't give conservative sources favorable enough…
Some of the accusations are pretty thin too, this one included. Last I checked, Google doesn't make money off of organic Google Maps results, except inasmuch as Maps acts as a halo product.
What exactly is Google supposed to do here? Are they to require a validated business license to update one's listing on Google Maps? Besides the non-trivial expense associated with that, it would act as a barrier to entry for smaller businesses that don't have one, and you can bet there'd be articles on here hating that too (just like there have been about the GMail API changes).
Re: Google Legally Profits from Fraud on Its Platform
#9Why is there so much attention on Google? It's market cap is $800B. Amazon and Microsoft are roughly $1T. Facebook is $600B. We're not a bunch of rubes here, to have this many articles proposing sanctions and/or breakup of Google has all the fingerprints of coordinated action. It's less than a month after the US president saying he would sue them because he felt they didn't give conservative sources favorable enough…
Big news and small news alike have both been viewing Google with dollar signs in their eyes for the last 10 or so years, believing that their failure to adopt their business models to the internet is somehow Google's fault.
Re: Google Legally Profits from Fraud on Its Platform
#10Reminds me of the Reply All episode about locksmiths & Google Maps ( https://gimletmedia.com/shows/reply-all/o2ho87 )
Interestingly enough, Google responded to that with a product offering: https://www.google.com/search?q=google+certified+locksmith
Not sure how well it works, as I haven't needed a locksmith in a long time. But for what it's worth, there is that.