GG Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 1 minute ago, Foxx said: ummm... perhaps i am living in an alternate reality, but here... Net Neutrality was repealed. ETA: oh comically... i get it after a re-read. The dumb Net Neutrality law was repealed, which restored the prior net neutrality guidelines. The FTC got its powers back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo_Gal Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 I do not want to lift the search engine land graphic, but if you click this article, you can see a search breakdown from February of this year. Google controls 89.5% of all searches from that month (it will change month-to-month) via google, google images, and youtube. (I must say I have trouble believing the google image percentage, and the low Pinterest percentage.) That is a whole lot of influence. And as they keep buying up competitors, their influence grows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxx Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 2 minutes ago, GG said: The dumb Net Neutrality law was repealed, which restored the prior net neutrality guidelines. The FTC got its powers back. touché Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 3 minutes ago, Buffalo_Gal said: I do not want to lift the search engine land graphic, but if you click this article, you can see a search breakdown from February of this year. Google controls 89.5% of all searches from that month (it will change month-to-month) via google, google images, and youtube. (I must say I have trouble believing the google image percentage, and the low Pinterest percentage.) That is a whole lot of influence. And as they keep buying up competitors, their influence grows. Google IS for all intents and purposes a monopoly, and there's a long history of breaking up monopolies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 26 minutes ago, joesixpack said: Windows is cancer. Especially windows 10. Fortunately it hasn't metastasized yet. That'll happen when they start pushing ads to your desktop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 (edited) 2 minutes ago, DC Tom said: Fortunately it hasn't metastasized yet. That'll happen when they start pushing ads to your desktop. I'm just waiting for my boss to provide a work computer for my home office. Some stuff I need windows for on my home PC (work-wise). Once that need is made irrelevant, I'll be looking for a distro. Taking suggestions from the uber-nerds here. Edited September 21, 2018 by joesixpack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 1 minute ago, joesixpack said: I'm just waiting for my boss to provide a work computer for my home office. Some stuff I need windows for on my home PC (work-wise). Once that need is made irrelevant, I'll be looking for a distro. Taking suggestions from the uber-nerds here. Ubuntu's probably the best there is...although I prefer the KUbuntu flavor. Used to like Scientific Linux, but I found their upkeep of it to be spotty. My all-time favorite was probably Mandrake, but they've discontinued it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deranged Rhino Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 2 minutes ago, Deranged Rhino said: So? China is sovereign, and has their own laws and regulations, and companies that want to do business in China have to abide by them. Never understood the constant whining about companies in China having to follow Chinese law that isn't American law. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyst Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 3 minutes ago, DC Tom said: So? China is sovereign, and has their own laws and regulations, and companies that want to do business in China have to abide by them. Never understood the constant whining about companies in China having to follow Chinese law that isn't American law. Racist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deranged Rhino Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 4 minutes ago, DC Tom said: So? China is sovereign, and has their own laws and regulations, and companies that want to do business in China have to abide by them. Never understood the constant whining about companies in China having to follow Chinese law that isn't American law. Google motto: "Do no evil... except in China or when we're paid enough to"... isn't very reassuring to customers at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 Just now, Deranged Rhino said: Google motto: "Do no evil... except in China or when we're paid enough to"... isn't very reassuring to customers at home. Google ditched that motto, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GG Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 2 hours ago, DC Tom said: So? China is sovereign, and has their own laws and regulations, and companies that want to do business in China have to abide by them. Never understood the constant whining about companies in China having to follow Chinese law that isn't American law. But shouldn't stop people from reminding them that they're hypocrites of the highest order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 Just now, GG said: But shouldn't stop people from reminding them that they're hypocrites of the highest order. They're a business. They want to do business. In China. That's not hypocritical. That's business. Supporting a "free and open internet" while selectively suppressing search results to promote an agenda...that's hypocrisy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Dude Posted September 23, 2018 Share Posted September 23, 2018 Fascism. https://www.businessinsider.com/white-house-executive-order-investigate-google-facebook-antitrust-2018-9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted September 23, 2018 Share Posted September 23, 2018 4 minutes ago, The_Dude said: Fascism. https://www.businessinsider.com/white-house-executive-order-investigate-google-facebook-antitrust-2018-9 Was it Fascism when they went after Standard Oil, US Steel, or Ma Bell? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TakeYouToTasker Posted September 23, 2018 Share Posted September 23, 2018 1 hour ago, The_Dude said: Fascism. https://www.businessinsider.com/white-house-executive-order-investigate-google-facebook-antitrust-2018-9 Explain why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted September 23, 2018 Share Posted September 23, 2018 1 minute ago, TakeYouToTasker said: Explain why. Oh God. Don't encourage the chucklehead. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted September 23, 2018 Share Posted September 23, 2018 59 minutes ago, DC Tom said: Oh God. Don't encourage the chucklehead. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GG Posted September 23, 2018 Share Posted September 23, 2018 6 hours ago, DC Tom said: They're a business. They want to do business. In China. That's not hypocritical. That's business. Supporting a "free and open internet" while selectively suppressing search results to promote an agenda...that's hypocrisy. No, not for the business practices, but for holding countless company town halls, setting up crying rooms and reassuring the scared workers that they will stand up to the evils that Trump's America will unleash on the downtrodden .... yet work hand in hand to help a surveillance state that imprisons and tortures people who voice a differing opinion. Brin's grandparents should smack him with wet blanket for insulting the memory and the sacrifices that people made to get his sorry ass out of their **** hole country. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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