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by wrsh07 361 days ago
If it came to light that somebody found a way to use this API in a way that is harmful to society would you be happy that Google could revoke access? Or unhappy?

This is a real tradeoff of freedom vs _. I agree that I'm not always a fan of Google being the one in control, but I'm much happier that they are even releasing an API. That's not something they did for go! (Of course there was a book written so someone got access)
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roughly 361 days ago
If it came to light that somebody found a way to use this API in a way that is beneficial to society, would you be happy that Google could revoke access? Or unhappy?
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wrsh07 356 days ago
This is a bit of a false dichotomy.

If it's useful, it's good that it was created. We should be happy about the progress. If it's harmful, we should be happy about guardrails.

Friction is a useful tool, I don't begrudge people or companies from employing it

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