Google’s New Business Change: Do Evil with Net Neutrality
I don’t get to defend telcos very often. AT&T, Verizon, and the like make up rules, enforce government regulations in a way that hurts their customers, and generally are questionable corporate citizens so much that it’s hard to be on their side.
Today I am. Thanks, Google.
AT&T is all over Google for violating Net Neutrality. Umm . . . AGAIN.
Google’s approach on this particular business change is wrong. No, as pointed out in this article from the New York Times they aren’t obligated to do the same things that regulated telcos do. But in holding themselves out as poster children for “don’t be evil” (this is an actual Google slogan, in case you weren’t aware), they’ve taken on an even more important position.
Very bad move, Google.
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