[ospzfmbbzr]

> The goal is to capture as much revenue as possible. A company would never intentionally limit their revenue intake unless it was absolutely detrimental to the business.

Yes they would. Their goal is POWER and NOT dollars, which are worth less and less every day.

Just like corporate controlled mass media, the goal is POWER and NOT dollars. Dollars are the plausible deniability -- "it's just for the money!" is a mis-direction.

Using a privacy card is not an acceptable indicator of fraud or anything in a country with due process and a supposed presumption of innocence.

This is about enforcing approved behaviors in the Corporate Nanny state.

[dimitrios1]

Money equals power in our society, so your theory is not cogent.

[astrange]

Google is constantly politically defeated by random old people in Mountain View with lots of free time. There is no amount of money you can spent to build an apartment building that might cast a shadow on their house one day a year.

[someguydave]

Yes but in that situation Google must act transparently in an open political forum rather than backstab people behind closed doors.

[astrange]

That would be a surprise to the old people, who think anyone who disagrees with them is a developer shill.

[Schroedingersat]

Money is tradeable for power and vice versa.

The exchange rate depends on power and lack of ethics.

Power is the goal.