Ars Technica reports on Google's continued involvement with the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), the notorious corporate lobbying group.
Common Cause and more than 50 other advocacy groups this week called on Google to end its affiliation with the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a group that has pushed state laws limiting the rights of cities and towns to create community-owned broadband networks. ALEC also opposes network neutrality rules that Google used to be a staunch supporter of and last month urged the FCC to quickly approve Comcast’s purchase of Time Warner Cable without imposing any regulatory conditions on the merger.
[...] When contacted by Ars, a Google spokesperson replied, “we aren't going to be commenting on this letter.”
It's worth noting that even Microsoft has withdrawn its support of the group. Has hell frozen over?
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Saturday September 06 2014, @05:56AM
FYI: Heaven is a hotter than Hell. [snopes.com]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0
(Score: 2, Insightful) by VIPeon on Saturday September 06 2014, @05:59AM
Do no Evil.*
*Evil being defined as anything that adversely affects the bottom line of:
AdMob
AdSense
AdWords
FeedBurner
DoubleClick
Froogle
Google Analytics
Gmail
Urchin
P.S. Have you signed up for Google+++++?
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Subsentient on Saturday September 06 2014, @06:09AM
I keep telling people that Google is worse than Microsoft nowadays, but people just keep hating on Mr. Bill and ignoring the clown-colored Borg cubes surrounding them.
"It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society." -Jiddu Krishnamurti
(Score: 1) by pnkwarhall on Saturday September 06 2014, @07:00PM
Oh I wish I had mod points....
Lift Yr Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven
(Score: 2) by aristarchus on Saturday September 06 2014, @06:53AM
Bastards! I hope to stand my ground against Google, right after Micro$oft, in accordance with legislation suggested by ALEC. Bastards.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by PinkyGigglebrain on Saturday September 06 2014, @06:56AM
Yet another piece of proof that power and money corrupts anything that amasses enough of them.
"Beware those who would deny you Knowledge, For in their hearts they dream themselves your Master."
(Score: 3, Insightful) by gallondr00nk on Saturday September 06 2014, @08:14AM
Google are as entrenched now as any Comcast or Microsoft or Monsanto. They don't need to worry about public opinion, as people will use their services regardless.
'Don't be evil' was a gimmick at a time when Microsoft were at the height of their cackling moustache twirling malevolence. It was never meant to be an ethic.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 06 2014, @08:35AM
I live a 100% googleless life myself since something like 5 years and am enjoying it. You can too.
(Score: 2) by kaszz on Saturday September 06 2014, @10:12AM
What search engines do you use?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 06 2014, @02:09PM
Currently I use duckduckgo. I also tried Yacy some time ago but it was a bit too resource hungry. Open for suggestions.
(Score: 2) by cafebabe on Saturday September 06 2014, @05:20PM
I use Ask [ask.com]. It is optimized for soccer moms [webmasterworld.com], so it is particularly good for pop culture, arts and crafts, health and those embarrassing gaps in general knowledge.
If you switch search engine, there is always the FUD [Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt] that you'll miss one vital result. This is amplified if the order of results differs due to differing search engine demographics. However, you should persevere.
(As an example of search engine demographics, Google ran popular searches on Yahoo and concluded that their competitor was inferior. However, Yahoo ran popular searches on Google and came to the same conclusion. This is correct because the aggregate requirements of each search engine differs.)
1702845791×2
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 06 2014, @05:07PM
How?
(Score: 2) by Tork on Saturday September 06 2014, @05:12PM
I use Bing and am enjoying it. You can too.
FTFY.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 07 2014, @12:24PM
Looks like you have no idea what google is.
(Score: 2) by Tork on Sunday September 07 2014, @05:53PM
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