Commentaires sur : When Google Became Evil… Initial thoughts on Android

Par : Goran

Goran — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:29:01 +0000

Yeah this is stupid..I didn’t know that
Google Android software

Par : Free Android Apps

Free Android Apps — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 23:15:21 +0000

Considering all these Open Source/Mind blabla from Google, they shouldn’t put such restrictions on their OS (bindings to SIM persistence and Google Account). True Linux-based and Open Source phones are currently Openmoko and Limo. Too bad those guys are too weak to push the market and set the trend.

Par : David Holding - Parsons

David Holding - Parsons — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 10:28:39 +0000

Hey cheers for the agreement, having said that someone recently pointed out to me that apart from with the iPhone all other phones/operators require an active SIM card to be able to use the interface, so in fairness Google’s policy is just the same as all the others (That doesn’t make it ok thought!!!)

Par : Android Apps

Android Apps — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 13:20:44 +0000

Totally agree with David. Neither Microsoft with their Windows Mobile, nor even Apple or RIM or Nokia or any other major mobile player forces a user to create an account with them before they even get to see the welcome screen.

Par : David Holding - Parsons

David Holding - Parsons — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:49:38 +0000

Hey Raymond I totally agree with you. And by no means am I saying that if I was in the same position I wouldn’t do the same.

Anyway the responses to this article show the power of a catchy title!!!

Thanks for reading

Par : Raymond

Raymond — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:14:26 +0000

I guess Google is not becoming evil, they’re just starting to look more and more like other companies like Microsoft, Apple, etc where profits come first and then customer promises and loyalty comes second.
Google forcing people to sign up for their services against people’s will is definitely hypocritical - Google likes to cry about Microsoft’s stranglehold on PC’s but when there’s a new market forming Google has no problem monopolizing as much as they can. And this is a normal behavior of any business, so I think for us to expect a company to say “do no evil” and deviate from it is certainly an unrealistic expectation. but such deviation is certainly hypocritical. Had google never come up with the stupid “do no evil” motto they’d not be hypocritical. We have to remember google banked on the “do no evil” for a very long time - they had open source developers lining up with them, the general public adopted their products much faster.
Google will turn evil when they start running to the government for protection - when they ask the government for bailouts, industry restrictions, when they start lobbying. This is when Google will turn evil, and I think they’re already there (they have lobbyists in Washinigton).

Par : David Holding - Parsons

David Holding - Parsons — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 02:15:35 +0000

Well Brian, Google’s early moto was “don’t be evil” and by that they aimed to protect the consumer. Clearly the incident that I have described above is clearly not protecting the consumer.

Par : Brian

Brian — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:13:26 +0000

I still don’t understand how Google is evil. Your post does nothing to prove your point.

Par : Philippe Angely

Philippe Angely — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 07:01:15 +0000

Very interesting comments.
Remy is welcome to write the article “Why Google did not Become Evil… Initial thoughts on Android” on Marketing story
By the way, how do you see the future of Windows Mobile and Blackberry between the next Android phones and Iphone?

Par : David Holding - Parsons

David Holding - Parsons — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:23:06 +0000

Hey Remy, sorry for the slow response, it has been a busy week end…

Well to be honest it is not my problem how many people call Google. There is nothing wrong with offering the service, but there is something wrong with imposing it on people… Unless I am mistaken Apple accepts Google mail and Microsoft exchange…

No they didn’t stop me but they did as much as they could, while still advertising being open and that the phone was available to be bought out for $399.

I agree that had I bought the phone at $179 that was one thing, but having paid the price that they advertised to buy the phone out right, I should be able to access the phone without needing to sign up to anything. Nowadays phones are more than devices that one uses to make a call.

If they advertise that you can get the phone at £399 without a contract then you should not require to use any t-mobile sim to access the software on the phone. Otherwise this is false advertising.

Well I disagree with you if they are advertising an option to buy the phone outright then they obviously have a demand for it… And it is up to the individual consumer to judge the value of each individual platform.

I think that somewhere in the long run ads will appear in the phone. That is just the way Google operates and makes its cash.

Ok well I will just not agree with you on the e-mail one as it gets me really worked up…and it’s a Monday morning!

I think the keyboard on the iPhone is very good. Initially I thought I would not be able to deal with it but I got use to it fairly quickly.

I don’t blame them I just object to them saying one thing and doing the other…
Me too I enjoyed the discussion… Again sorry for the slow reply. What do you do?

PS: Check this out, seems like I am not the only one to have noticed:
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/24/do-no-evil-google-uses-shady-ad-tactics-to-edge-out-competitor/