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Google Secret Privacy Document Leaked
siliconbits writes "A confidential, seven-page Google Inc. 'vision statement' shows the information-age giant in a deep round of soul-searching over a basic question: How far should it go in profiting from its crown jewels—the vast trove of data it possesses about people's activities? Should it tap more of what it knows about Gmail users? Should it build a vast 'trading platform' for buying and selling Web data? Should it let people pay to not see any ads at all?"
Making as much money as possible isn't inherently bad...it's all in how you go about it.
"Making as much money as possible" will only be possible through being "bad".
Being nice will ensure happy customers, happy employees, not breaking any laws etc, but it doesn't guarantee the highest profits.
What if you're a nice company that already has a monopoly on your market? What if you've branched out into every market in the world and have a monopoly on everything that is sold anywhere? To make more profit you then have to start being a douche by raising costs on the customer's side, cutting down on employee benefits, or start breaking laws (environmental as someone mentioned above, or dodging taxes etc).
"Making as much money as ethically acceptable" isn't quite so profitable, but it is nicer.
which is totally what she said
Look what we have here. The village idiot announcing his leetness for using adblock. What do you think would happen if everyone started using adblock? Would we have less or more intrusive ads? Would it be easier or harder to block them?
You are as smart as a guy who found a trick to get free money out of ATMs and then goes telling everyone about it when they complain about their financial hardships.