In the west, Google can only gather (and monetize) user data so much, before there starts to be public outcry, pushback, and Congressional hearings about them invading privacy to an unacceptable degree. In China, Google can gather user data as much as it wants, and gathering more leads to ambivalence from the public (because they're used to it) and praise from the local government. They get to play out their dream of having every search be tied to a person; and of course every site that includes code from go
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In the west, Google can only gather (and monetize) user data so much, before there starts to be public outcry, pushback, and Congressional hearings about them invading privacy to an unacceptable degree.
In China, Google can gather user data as much as it wants, and gathering more leads to ambivalence from the public (because they're used to it) and praise from the local government. They get to play out their dream of having every search be tied to a person; and of course every site that includes code from go
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Yeah ... big China connection ... if noone start blowing-up GOOGLE buses in SanFran ... where is feckin-A antifa when they are really needed ?
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where is feckin-A antifa when they are really needed ?
Drinking beers with the other cops and gov't contractors - after they've taken off their 'agent provocateur' costumes, of course.