A mountain of unpaid work just to get back to having something similar in the way of income to what Google took away from her on a whim.
If Google didn't want to allow the free exchange of ideas, they should have made that quite clear before so many people invested time and effort into building up their own channels and in the process building up Google's market share.
So far as I'm concerned, Google is evil, and I would drop a nuclear bomb on it and all the people involved in it. It is a fascist system encroaching upon the United States through the back door of "private" corporation.
You just don't grasp the threat, because you don't see where this is going.
An astute person would have anticipated this when they agreed to the terms of service contract.
So far as I'm concerned, Google is evil, and I would drop a nuclear bomb on it and all the people involved in it.
While I don't care that much about Google, I understand your feelings.
The point is, and your article illustrates it beautifully, for almost all of the aggrieved this isn't about speech, it's about money.
There is no one keeping any of these people from speaking freely and sending their messages worldwide via the internet. Do I need to link to infowars.com again?
This is about them being able to make money off of their content without having to invest in the hard parts - the technology, marketing, and distribution.
The entitlement mentality is really striking - I worked really hard on this post so of course you have to publish it, attract advertisers for me and make sure I get paid. Oh, and all for free, BTW.
On the flip side, I'm stunned how many 'conservatives' think that Google's, or Facebook's, or Twitter's ideology trumps their desire to make money.
Is there some ideological bias among their staff and management? Probably, but the reason they don't want this content is because they think it drives away advertisers.
Do you think they would ban Alex Jones if there was a bidding war among advertisers fighting to get placed on his pages?
Economics is a much more powerful force than ideology and it explains the present situation perfectly.