[slvrspoon]

Because that's not Google's business. At least this is a step in the right direction. That IS the business of privacy removal services like DeleteMe which i am a cofounder of. Like in many things in life the advice "follow the $" can be helpful here ;)

[ashkankiani]

People who end comments/messages with ";)" or the like always seem so condescending.

[djbusby]

What's follow the money mean here? Like Google won't do work cause there is too much cost? This usage of the phrase don't match my understanding (which is the Lester Fremon (The Wire) usage) - in that it leads to corruption.

[rkagerer]

I think the notion they're trying to convey is Google doesn't have much motivation to make this feature good / humane as it has little immediate impact to their bottom line, compared to a company whose revenue derives directly from how well said feature performs.

[ShamelessC]

i think to parent comment it means "use my service, if google makes one i cant compete"

[mig_]

But what if Googles model is to make personal data useless the root cause businesses and therefore kill off your business.

To kill off the root cause, Google could feed peoples privacy data into the SSO ranking. Websites with a lot of privacy data get a lower SSO. This cripples the business and with it, your business.

Just a hypothetical, I wish all the best for DeleteMe. I'm checking out optery.com right now and will check DeleteMe next.

"Don't be evil" I think may still be true and may actionably translate to "Don't sell user data _directly_"