How many people have tried this strategy and succeeded. "Oh, Nimblesoft has made this awesome app, let's throw in a chunk of money at the problem, put in some really smart guys, and see if we can get something as successful". I don't even need to quote some product examples that were the brainchild of this noble, yet ill-informed idea. Facebook not so much purchased Instagram as they purchased the brand identity and its ecosystem. That imo takes way more to develop than just $100 million. So, saying that they'd have saved $900 million, without looking at the app dev time, manpower, and the risks of it not even being successful in the first place is a bit simplistic.

Your argument is a bit of a strawman. Nowhere did AdrianKemp imply that the flight pioneers were responsible for 9/11. Also, last time I heard, I thought they were trying to develop the vaccine for it before considering releasing it to the masses. In this case, the cost of releasing it without having any safeguards against its misuse in my opinion greatly outweighs the benefits of having this research in the public domain, You cannot say the same for airplanes; the CBA for each innovation is quite different.

So, with the glee of a 8 yr old girl who just found a pony under the Christmas tree, this Apple exec gushes about how easy and flexible it was to house workers in sardine cans, rouse them from a probably short nap anyway, command them to the assembly line and order them to stand there doing repetitive, mind numbing tasks for 12 hours. Pay of the day? 31 cents an hour. But yea, competition and capitalism is good you say. If they don't want to do it, then hundreds of other Chinese, Taiwanese, other South Asian immigrants would gladly take their spot, right? Well I dunno about you, but I consider the US extremely luck in that for the most part, you don't have to be forced to sleep in barracks, be called to work at anytime your employer chooses, and be subjected to low-paying highly boring jobs. Then again, it's turning this way for some people. I'd rather save my dignity and live in relative poverty (I've already done so for a big chunk of my life, and it wasn't too intolerable) than succumb to the machinery of this misguided capitalist enterprise.

How did this devolve from a discussion on the unethical practices perpetrated by a Google (yes, Google), to a discussion of how corrupt the system is. The stuff google did is orthogonal to the corrupt culture. Not, the blame is shifting from that behemoth to "ok Kenya is corrupt". This to me seems like some folks over here are trying to justify Google's actions, or lessen the ethical implications that they carry.

I had an American client who told me that he witnessed car chases and fancy explosions on his way to work everyday. Do you even know how restrictive gun policies in Kenya are? Going with a shotgun to the atm? What cheek!

Because he had nothing to do with the rest of the mould.