Google

Marshall Kirkpatrick had an insightful, skeptical take on this.

Ya…but it’s GOOGLE !!!???!!!

This seems fairly limited and lame to me. Facebook is still way ahead.

yeah…I agree the we may seem a bit much. But, then, I don’t see too many people up in arms over it either…therefore, "we" isn’t too far off.

“So much attention is paid to the aggressive sins, such as violence and cruelty and greed with all their tragic effects, that too little attention is paid to the passive sins, such as apathy and laziness, which in the long run can have a more devastating effect.

eleanor roosevelt

I’d be careful about using "we", it implies a collective thumbs up, which I doubt Google’s execs would respect unless you own stock with them.  While China’s government is questionable, so is this one.  Especially since "we" owe them billions.  They are paying for Pax Americana in Iraq and te Afghanistanian theatre after all.

They’re , eventually, going to steal the technology and make their own google. We screw ourselves and their people by doing business with their government.

If Google were to tie commercial opportunity to openess, China would go after the money on its own. That is, if they are paid to be more relaxed, they will be. If they can keep things closed and not loose too much money, they will keep things closed.

Its actually the advertisers and marketers that use Google that have the most power to influence policies.  Follow the money. Its the only thing that votes in China.