Reply #5: That's true

[makhno]

I don't buy that "we will not be evil" tosh, especially now that they're going public. Google has the potential to control information in an extremely pervasive way, but I'll wait for evidence of them using it to influence political outcomes before condemning them. Sometimes I can't help the feeling that Google News is somewhat slanted to the right, but it's likely the effect of the dominant politics in the media, rather than nefarious algorithmic decisions by the company.

And, if nothing else, they've treated their workers well. So far.