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So I thought this is never going to fly under GDPR. Then the article goes on to say:
Oh come on Google, seriously? I remember a time when Google were the good guys, can't believe how they've changed...
Google were maybe seen as the good guys back in the days of Yahoo search, and perhaps the very early days of Android.
But those times are so long passed. Google has been a tax-avoiding, anti-consumer rights, search-rigging, anti-privacy behemoth for decades now, and they only get worse with each passing year.
In other words, they went public and must now maximize gains for shareholders.
boards of directors have a fiduciary duty to the shareholders. If they did something they knew wasn't going to result in the max short term profits they can be found in violation. Just a race to the bottom.