Google Strategy

[c9]

I think their strategy is to do such* cool things that nobody will care when they turn evil. I'm lazy, so I'll be one of the uncaring too. Gotta work on that.

* that one feature now replaces the late kitchener.filmcan.ca. Which is good, because getting showtimes from the Empire and Cineplex Odeon websites is the suck, as the kids say.

Comments

agreed

[petele.livejournal.com]

I'm actually starting to wonder about how "evil" google actually is. if MSFT did some of the things that google did, there would be a huge outcry of privacy and such, but since google is so un-evil, they can't do such a thing.

for example, now that they have gmail, and keep a cookie about you and where you live, ads can be much more tailored directly to you and your area.

Re: agreed

[c9.livejournal.com]

Absolutely. The difference with google is their productive, useful use of that cookie, paired behind the scenes with the potential evil. Basically they're just doubleclick with 51% non-evil content. :)