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What has Google done to deserve you as a customer. What in the data gathering they do now makes it a good deal to expand their view of you?

The only thing that makes Google different in this situation is they haven't pissed you off yet.

No I would not be getting Google Fiber when/if it showed up, but I don't live anywhere where it would any time soon, if ever.



> What has Google done to deserve you as a customer[?]

Introduced competition into a market that had none. That's worthy of a switch in my opinion.


There was a time that the cable companies did that. Then everything converged to a new normal.

I don't buy into the Google worship. They are a corporation like any other and act like one. When switching to Google Fiber means ubiquitous Google data collection, I don't see it as a positive thing.

I suppose if you have the memory of a goldfish Google fiber is great as huge speed bump.


Sadly, I would take data collection w/fiber over Comcast anyway. If I want protection than I can just purchase a VPN account.


Grab a VPN or two and forget about all of your data collection worries




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