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Actually, most of the criticism aimed at Google for this issue stems from the fact that they do claim to be a pure entity by trumpeting "Don't be evil".

Most people are resigned to large corporations always acting in their self interest, but when you be claim to be non-evil and imply that you will do this regardless of self interest, any infarction, however minor, will be met with criticism.



Except, this isn't just "any infraction". This is the Big One(TM). This is Google turning against the open internet.

I challenge you to find an example of any company making such a major, fundamental u-turn.


  infarct    - an area of dead tissue caused by a loss 
               of blood supply; a localized necrosis.
  infarction - the process which causes an infarct. [1]
I think you meant infraction but infarction works too. :)

[1] http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/infarct


Good catch. Firefox's auto-correct is still not smart enough to catch misused words :)




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