What happens when China collapses

Discussion in 'Politics & Religion' started by Obamanation, Aug 8, 2011.

  1. Obamanation

    Obamanation Well-Known Member

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    I tend to agree with that statement, though I find myself constantly questioning it's truth. Google, the company with the private motto, "Don't be evil", is in the ultimate position to be exactly that. I question it because, to a large extent, Google exists at the good graces of consumers based on a trust relationship. If Google were to take a more active role in partisan censorship, something they have already been accused of on more than one occasion, their search engine market share could drop in half overnight.

    I personally do not use Google for anything I don't have to. Whether they are "evil" with the information they collect, the fact they are aggressively collecting it, correlating it, and storing it for all eternity is unacceptable to me. I turn on my android phone and their customer service agreement requires me to allow google to collect "anonymous" information about my location to use their location services? F that. An hour later I had cyanogen installed. Bye bye Google. I type something into the search bar and suddenly every banner ad that comes at me is targeted at what I told Google I was looking for? F that. The absolute worst one in my book is having my banner advertising change based on the content of a private email sent via gmail. I don't care how slick g-mail is, I would never use it, no less try and run a business out of it. Most people don't realize this, but g-mail retains the mail you decide to delete from your mailbox for a half a year after you decided it needed to be destroyed.
     
    Obamanation, Aug 21, 2011 IP
  2. Bushranger

    Bushranger Notable Member

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    #82
    Now here's something we can agree on.
     
    Bushranger, Aug 21, 2011 IP
  3. joel2280

    joel2280 Peon

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    #83
    For National Security We can defalt at any time and China will be A$$ out!! then maybe world war III??
     
    joel2280, Aug 30, 2011 IP