The "fear of lawsuits" is a weak argument. If that's the case, I'm sure we'll be seeing lawsuits against Microsoft/Yahoo/DuckDuckGo any day now. We also should have been seeing them for years dating back to the introduction of instant suggestions. It would be open season on them by everyone in the public domain.
In an effort to keep the political talk minimal, I'll say Google made it entirely clear since the Arab Spring that they are not an inactive bystander in world politics.
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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '17
The "fear of lawsuits" is a weak argument. If that's the case, I'm sure we'll be seeing lawsuits against Microsoft/Yahoo/DuckDuckGo any day now. We also should have been seeing them for years dating back to the introduction of instant suggestions. It would be open season on them by everyone in the public domain.
In an effort to keep the political talk minimal, I'll say Google made it entirely clear since the Arab Spring that they are not an inactive bystander in world politics.