I must clarify something: I don’t hate Google or its fanboys, the assdroids, because Google competes with Apple; if that were the case, then I’d have as much disdain for Nokia, HP, etc. I hate Google’s self-righteousness and the assdroid’s blind obedience to the company. When a company makes its motto “Do no evil,” it is announcing to the world that it will be more ethical than the average company, yet it increasingly behaves in ways that would make the Microsoft of the nineties blush: it attempts to build an online library without bothering to ask for permission from the rightful owners of the content from which it hopes to profit, and it has shown extreme willingness to disregard the privacy of its users as evidenced by the Buzz fiasco. What’s the typical assdroid response? They parrot the words their overlord, Eric Schmidt: “If you have something that you don’t want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn’t be doing it in the first place.” That’s bullshit when it comes from the government and that’s bullshit when it comes from the “do no evil” company. I honestly can’t believe that there are people–nerds, of all people–who would treat privacy as something only terrorists and criminals desire.
To them, Google preaches about openness all the time, so it must be a very ethical company even if it is only open when it serves their bottom line; has Google even released the source code to Gmail? Indeed, Apple is also only open when such openness is beneficial to its business, but that’s the difference between Apple fanboys and Google fanboys: Apple fanboys are intelligent enough to know that Apple is not a company of saints; most would even admit that Steve Jobs, though a genius, does not have the most likable personality. We know Apple is good to us not because it is an altruistic company, but because it is good business sense not to treat one’s customers like ass. That’s that difference between Apple fanboys and assdroids: we love Apple not because it is preachy, but because it makes excellent products of impeccable build that every company, including Google, shamelessly imitates.
Google might not be more “evil” than any other company, but considering the self-righteousness and hubris inbred in the company, it is certainly much more annoying than any other company. Google and its fanboys are of the same ilk as televangelists: they are preachy hypocrites who would never allow what they preach to stand in the way of profit.
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