Google endorses the Trans-Pacific Partnership
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Google endorses the Trans-Pacific Partnership
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Re: Google endorses the Trans-Pacific Partnership
#2Wow. Even as the resident Google critic, I never expected Google would sink down to the level of endorsing the TPP. :/
This is a clear break from the EFF's position (https://www.eff.org/issues/tpp) and a strong indication of their increasing closed door ties with the Obama administration.
Re: Google endorses the Trans-Pacific Partnership
#3Of course they do. They were probably involved in drafting it.
Re: Google endorses the Trans-Pacific Partnership
#4> prohibits [participating countries] from requiring local storage of data
> It prohibits discrimination against foreign Internet services
As a Dutchman I can see why Google likes this.
Re: Google endorses the Trans-Pacific Partnership
#5>The TPP advances other important Internet policy goals. It prohibits discrimination against foreign Internet services
This is really it, I think. Makes sense. They don't want another China to happen to them.
Re: Google endorses the Trans-Pacific Partnership
#6Its always funny when people naively forget that Google, Apple, etc. are megacorps, not some startup ventures. They are the man. This endorsement doesn't surprise me one bit.
Re: Google endorses the Trans-Pacific Partnership
#7I support TPP for geopolitical reasons, I am sure the Elites in the corridors of Power in Google do it for "access" and ability to sue the shit out of the gubmints that come in their way.
Re: Google endorses the Trans-Pacific Partnership
#8> prohibits [participating countries] from requiring local storage of data > It prohibits discrimination against foreign Internet services As a Dutchman I can see why Google likes this.
It's not like our politicians would ever dream of doing something like that anyway. I have a certain feeling that they would be more prone to obey Google than their constituents.
Re: Google endorses the Trans-Pacific Partnership
#9Its always funny when people naively forget that Google, Apple, etc. are megacorps, not some startup ventures. They are the man. This endorsement doesn't surprise me one bit.
Ah, but Google often does the things it knows people aren't going to like behind closed doors. (For instance, Google's control over Android is done via confidential agreements. The public hasn't seen a version of these agreements newer than 2011.)
An open, public endorsement of something that most tech enthusiasts who use their products know is a bad thing, is a very surprising move. I'm pretty sure I've seen a number of Google employees condemning the TPP in the last year or two as well.
Re: Google endorses the Trans-Pacific Partnership
#10Wow. Even as the resident Google critic, I never expected Google would sink down to the level of endorsing the TPP. :/ This is a clear break from the EFF's position ( https://www.eff.org/issues/tpp ) and a strong indication of their increasing closed door ties with the Obama administration.
> a strong indication of their increasing closed door ties with the Obama administration.
This is what I want when I grow up. I want this power.