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by dave_sullivan 4323 days ago
It's a good point. You should get involved in the industry so you have an opportunity to shape the conversation towards better policy outcomes.

Google is hardly a monopoly here and "open data initiatives" will expand in scope soon.

It's not technology that sucks, it's how people use it. Technology is just a multiplier on people's ability to do things. It's too bad that so many people are up to no good in the first place. No need to become a Luddite though.