Statement on Google’s conduct by founder of CelebrityNetWorth.com (2019) [pdf]
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Re: Statement on Google’s conduct by founder of CelebrityNetWorth.com (2019) [pdf]
#2I read the statement and think Google used and then and abused their service, but at the same time, publishing a database of people's net worth strikes me as being pretty unethical. Would they have been able to handle a GDPR request? Why didn't they put their own and their families info up there first?
Re: Statement on Google’s conduct by founder of CelebrityNetWorth.com (2019) [pdf]
#3And yet I constantly get CAPTCHA's just from blocking tracking cookies.
The biggest scraper of them all goes to incredible lengths to prevent scraping. How ironic.
I hope the US govt demolishes these monopolies. It's not just in web either, the closest historical precedent I can think of is the Robber Barons of the 30's
Re: Statement on Google’s conduct by founder of CelebrityNetWorth.com (2019) [pdf]
#4I read the statement and think Google used and then and abused their service, but at the same time, publishing a database of people's net worth strikes me as being pretty unethical. Would they have been able to handle a GDPR request? Why didn't they put their own and their families info up there first?
Makes it even sadder that Google now scrapes all of it and provides the information themselves
Re: Statement on Google’s conduct by founder of CelebrityNetWorth.com (2019) [pdf]
#5> Are everyday consumers harmed by Google’s practices YES
How are consumers harmed by Google presenting extracted data in an infobox? Isn't it more convenient?
Re: Statement on Google’s conduct by founder of CelebrityNetWorth.com (2019) [pdf]
#6I think Google is in the right here. Facts are not protected by copyright and they shouldn't be. Imagine being able to copyright the density of steel or the list of historical US presidents. It would be a disaster.
Re: Statement on Google’s conduct by founder of CelebrityNetWorth.com (2019) [pdf]
#7You would not expect of such big business to behave in a different way. What we consumers can do is to try to use alternative services where we can, e.g. I am happy with using Firefox instead of Chrome
Re: Statement on Google’s conduct by founder of CelebrityNetWorth.com (2019) [pdf]
#8> Are everyday consumers harmed by Google’s practices YES How are consumers harmed by Google presenting extracted data in an infobox? Isn't it more convenient?
The consumer is harmed because there is no one incentivised to create new content, or at least the incentives are severely diminished.
In the story here the celebrity net worth data had to be created and this was worth doing due to the ad revenue. Making the existing data available to consumer is a benefit but the negative is the lack of new content. So now consumer have easier access to old, inaccurate data.
Re: Statement on Google’s conduct by founder of CelebrityNetWorth.com (2019) [pdf]
#9> Are everyday consumers harmed by Google’s practices YES How are consumers harmed by Google presenting extracted data in an infobox? Isn't it more convenient?
I think what author said is explained in the article, as that such approach undermines small businesses which provide informational services. They won't be able to hire data analysts and researchers anymore, hence quality of information in info boxes will decline as information gets outdated. In other words Google is stealing data presenting as it's own taking all the benefits of embedding ads data
Re: Statement on Google’s conduct by founder of CelebrityNetWorth.com (2019) [pdf]
#10> Are everyday consumers harmed by Google’s practices YES How are consumers harmed by Google presenting extracted data in an infobox? Isn't it more convenient?
Is convenience the only axis that we care about now?