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Comment Google do abuse their position and I challenge (Score 1) 372

anyone to propose a solution that does not involve splitting Google or limiting their market share. Google have a history of penalising people based on their suspicions alone by denying service. Given their dominant position this is not acceptable and I challenge anyone to see otherwise. If Google were split into 20 separate companies all competing then this behaviour would have only limited effect and could be tolerated. Would you please consider how you would feel if Google decided on their whim that you should be banned from access to their services. Would you still be a Google fan if it was a friend or family member? Would you be scared by Google growing further? Google are just too big.

Comment Freedom can require regulation of selfish actions (Score 0, Troll) 169

within a community, so Australian's would be right to be very disappointed to see our friends in the US campaigning against our right to regulate. The bottom line is that the greatest threat to freedom on the Internet at present is the dominance of selfish US corporations. So unless the US government is prepared to tackle the dominance of these large companies in a significant manner such as splitting them to have no more than a 5% market share then please do not lecture Australia on freedom.

Comment Re:Need more search engines (Score 1) 432

Agreed, this is the real problem, Google are just too dominant, and the solution is more competition. Sorry Google the only way for you is down in a free fair world and it is rather ironic that the Chinese government is helping us to a free fair world and the US government is backing Google.

Comment US Gov. backs Google. (Score 1) 432

Interesting how closely the US Government backs Google in this dispute. They recently stated that this shows it is too difficult to do business in China. Clearly just propaganda as this dispute has nothing to do with difficulty doing business, Google are immaturely pushing a political agenda or a PR stunt and were already able to comply with the Chinese laws. I don't consider Google a force for good in the free world, quite the opposite.

Comment Re:It's not Google's job. (Score 1) 133

Well said. If Google are allowed to succeed then please understand that you will all live in fear. You may awaken one morning to have your Google services cut off and if Google are as successful as they aspire to be then you will have few alternatives. If you appeal to Google they will investigate in secret by their own standards and not those of society, they will likely not even contact you or give you a chance to defend yourself, and you will have little chance to challenge Google court. If you complain to your Government they will not be able to do anything - they may remind you that Google whipped China in 2010 and there is little they can do!

Comment Could be the 3M film used with a switching LED (Score 1) 165

light source as reported here: http://www.techradar.com/news/gaming/3m-announces-autostereoscopic-3d-gaming-for-mobiles-641343 Perhaps the 3M Scotch Optical Lighting Film combined with a lenticular film? http://www.3m.com/product/information/Optical-Lighting-Film.html Unless the LED light source direction can be changed then the geometry is fixed and very sensitive to the viewing position and viewing distance.

Comment WARNING - GOOGLE ALERT (Score 2, Insightful) 298

Quoting from their terms of use for Google Docs "Google reserves the right in its sole discretion to decide whether your conduct is inappropriate and whether it complies with these Terms of Service..." "Google may terminate your access for such inappropriate conduct in violation of these Terms of Service at any time ". Google may for any reason terminate your use of this software causing you damage and loss. Be warned that Google have a bad reputation for such behaviour. They are currently threatening China so do you think they give a shit for us little people! Sorry Google I do not accept your right to decide who can use a document editing system on their own netbook - get your soft wares out of their system. Do not allow Google into your computer, you do not want to be in bed with this commercial entity.

Comment Re:A corporation challenges an entire country? (Score 1) 515

Google have become the Internet's bully. At least they are giving China a warning. Most people would not even get a warning before Google cuts access! Their actions also show just how incompetent they are at working this Asian countries - calling China out in public is a huge loss of face and very very insulting. Google have not even thought this through well, because they have far less strength in China. I hope China shut the door on Google, and that other nations follow, and we end up with much more diversity in the Internet market.

Comment Re:It's their company... (Score 1) 515

If a company dominates a market then it is important that it deals with people fairly, by socially acceptable standards. If Google decided not to do business with a racial group, or a religious group, or an anti-Google group, or just an arbitrary group that some algorithm flags, then would you still consider this fair? Clearly society has a say in Google's actions.

Comment Google need to look at their own behaviour first! (Score 1) 687

Google rule their market ruthlessly. They will suspend people from their services penalising them and causing them damage based on their suspicions alone, based on a secret investigation, without warning, and without giving people a chance to defend themselves. Not to mention how ruthlessly Google filter their own search results. Google do not deserve to dominate any market and they are already too large, and they certainly are in no position to lecture the Chinese government on Internet ethics.

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