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I think, the best solution here will be for Google to sell all its assets and business in Australia to a company to be named by the Australian prime minister. If they wish to continue to offer search there that is.
That would be NewsCorp. I really hope your comment is a joke.
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How do you draw the conclusion that the Australian people want this behaviour? As far as I can tell none us want this but once elected the politicians fail to action what the people want. Over and over again...
I think his point was that if you’re unwilling to stop something, that is politically equivalent to wanting it.
To all the people (hopefully Australians) who paint this as the government propping up legacy media: Isn't it better to have control of your media in local, Australian-owned and regulated megacorps, rather than some faceless megacorp in another country?
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How do you draw the conclusion that the Australian people want this behaviour? As far as I can tell none us want this but once elected the politicians fail to action what the people want. Over and over again...
I think his point was that if you’re unwilling to stop something, that is politically equivalent to wanting it.
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interesting. it seems to me that if Google really wanted to influence Australian public opinion, they have far more sophisticated ways to go about it than this clumsy attempt at PSA outreach slash fear mongering. It's almost as if they need to be seen to be taking some responses to the media payment legislation but they don't really care. That's what's interesting to me. I wonder why they would not care. perhaps beca…
Google's entire business depends on being squeaky clean. If they ever got caught doing "sophisticated" opinion influencing, they'd lose half their value overnight as customers switched to alternatives. And then every democratic government would join in with a serious kicking, given their elections are so vulnerable to said influencing. I think Facebook sails very close to the wind here, but my impression is that Goog…
To all the people (hopefully Australians) who paint this as the government propping up legacy media: Isn't it better to have control of your media in local, Australian-owned and regulated megacorps, rather than some faceless megacorp in another country?
Does it matter? Transnational corporations are sovereign in all but name. If Google really, really doesn't like a particular local law, they'll pull out of the country (e.g. mainland China and, soon, Hong Kong). The "local, Australian-owned and regulated megacorp" is Rupert Murdoch's media empire, which is currently in bed with the reigning Liberal party. There is no regulation here. There is a kernel of truth in you…
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I think his point was that if you’re unwilling to stop something, that is politically equivalent to wanting it.
I think ssss11's point was, if no matter who you vote for they do the same dastardly things, and the political system is set up to lock out newcomers not allied with either major party, then there's no way within the system to stop something by voting.
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As someone who makes widgets, and can confidently assure you that you need widgets.
I'm wondering if this assertion comes from some kind of "search bubble" among developers of these tools.
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Jokes on us, our media is run by a faceless megacorp in another country anyway (News Ltd).
According to Wikipedia, it's not in another country. Unless "Surry Hills, Sydney" is another country. If Wikipedia is wrong, you should update it for the benefit of the rest of us.
Guess there's no problem with it controlling Australian media!
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As somebody who works on ranking and personalization products, I can confidently assure you that you would not prefer a less personalized experience. You don't have to take my word for it though, you can opt-out of personalization on Google here: https://myactivity.google.com/activitycontrols Try it for a month and see if you prefer it.
As someone who makes widgets, and can confidently assure you that you need widgets.