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0 pointspessimizer10y ago0 comments

> Why does government get to make laws and decide what's good and what's bad?

We do ask this. It's the entire reason we vote in representative democracies. It's absolutely nothing like the question you're replying to.

> In any society, we have some basic rules of 'good' and 'bad', and it's totally ok to test a website on those measures.

The basic rules of societies for what is 'good' and 'bad' about websites is something that you have entirely invented here in order to make an empty, unnecessarily dismissive argument.

Here's my answer: Google decides because our governments have abdicated responsibility for regulation or enforcement. Therefore, the responsibility is taken up by the groups in the best position to exploit it for money.

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piyush_soni10y ago· 2 in thread

> We do ask this. It's the entire reason we vote in representative democracies

And you settle with a government which agrees to 'your' version of good and bad. But somehow, Google is not entitled to its opinion even if for trying to possibly make a safer internet.

> you have entirely invented here in order to make an empty, unnecessarily dismissive argument

On the contrary, I'd say you have invented your reasons for why Google is doing it (i.e., 'to exploit it for money') without any evidence. Of course, Google is here for profit, doesn't mean there's an evil motive for everything they do.

Of course, your judgement of good v/s bad is for good, and their judgement of good v/s bad is for bad. ;)

pessimizerOP10y ago

> And you settle with a government which agrees to 'your' version of good and bad.

That's not how voting works. If the government agreed to my version of good or bad, the country would look a lot differently than it does.

> On the contrary, I'd say you have invented your reasons for why Google is doing it (i.e., 'to exploit it for money') without any evidence. Of course, Google is here for profit,

So you agree with me.

> doesn't mean there's an evil motive for everything they do.

No corporation has evil motives. I don't even know what that means. That it's trying to summon demons?

piyush_soni10y ago

I don't know if you don't understand simple statements or you are pretending not to, to make some weird point. You vote for a government that promises things which are overall 'good' or 'least bad' according to you. And definitely, you have some version of good and bad you categorize people, and things with. Everyone has (if you don't, this discussion has no meaning). Google is doing the same, and there are people who find it very useful.

And I have no interest in explaining to you like 5 what is an evil corporation. Do a Google search.

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