Google? Distrustworthy? Duh

Google Analytics Why Do You Make Me Distrust You

Now I know that you could use the data to lower my adsense earnings and raise my adwords prices. Sure the potential does exist that the opposite could happen, but really c’mon now.

What I don’t get is why anyone assumes Google has ever done or will ever do something for you. Google exists for Google. Google needs to please its shareholders, not webmasters. Not even visitors, really, if they can somehow please shareholders without pleasing visitors.

Let’s go over this one more time:

It’s a huge company. Huge companies exist to make enormous profits. If they just wanted big profits, they could stay a lot smaller - it would be easier, less risky, less costly and very comfy. The fact that they’re bigger than a lot of small countries is kind of a great big clue that they’re all about the money, man.

I’m not saying there’s anything wrong with that. I am saying it’s just freakin’ naive to think they’re going to offer services that just happen to collect all sorts of data about you - data which can help them make enormous profit - and think they’re going to be all noble and not take every advantage of this the law allows.

Of course they are.