Don't let Google take over Berlin

recent discussion of a guardian article covering this (175 comments): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17027834

> Decentralize All -> "People shall control technology rather than be controlled by it!" sigh Any attempt to undermine a major software services company that doesn't start from a place from understanding how many users do not want this is doomed to failure. You have to provide users a better service, not "freedom," if you want to woo them away from the Googles, Facebooks, Amazons, Apples, and Twitters of the world. Users, on average, do not want to "control" their…

Companies like google are indeed out of control and creating a dystopian future. Amongst other things, Google has already unleashed bots that arbitrarily destroy livelihoods (e.g. automated account terminations, in markets where there are few, if any alternatives to Google). I have found that dealing with companies like Google is eerily similar to dealing with an authoritarian government (e.g. they don't care about normal individuals), and as such companies gain more control over society (and governments) it…

Wow, this is not just a pamphlet site for a political movement. It's actually full of informative articles about the origins of Twitter and other subjects related to the evil of "don't be evil." Bookmarked, and I can't wait to dig in.