“Our objection is to those forces of totalitarianism.”
Google cofounder Sergey Brin, on moving his Chinese search engine from the mainland to Hong Kong, while continuing to maintain an iron grip on the online identities of users worldwide, Bits, 22 March 2010
“Concentrate all of our efforts in building up numbers as aggressively as we can through whatever tactics, however evil.”
YouTube cofounder Steve Chen in 2006, on how he inflated YouTube to a $1.65 billion sale to Google, in an email revealed in a Viacom court filing, MediaMemo, 18 March 2010
“Newspapers could save a lot of money if the primary access to news was via the Internet.”
Google chief economist Hal Varian, on how print media can shrink itself into some kind of dystopic media future, TechCrunch, 9 March 2010
“I think about our brand and how our brand comes across to consumers as being this really fun and delightful and friendly brand, I think about what other big company has that same brand identity? And Google is at the top of that.”
Picnik CEO Jonathan Sposato, on selling his online photo-editing startup to Google for a bunch of lava lamps and free food, TechFlash, 1 March 2010
“Though each case raises slightly different issues, the question they ultimately pose is whether Google is doing anything to choke off competition or hurt our users and partners. This is not the case.”
Google lawyer Julia Holtz, on antitrust complaints against her employer, Google European Public Policy Blog, 24 February 2010
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