Comments on: Eric Schmidt was Tooling Down the Road Looking for a Burger When . . . http://techliberation.com/2007/08/23/eric-schmidt-was-tooling-down-the-road-looking-for-a-burger-when/ Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:26:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jim Harper http://techliberation.com/2007/08/23/eric-schmidt-was-tooling-down-the-road-looking-for-a-burger-when/comment-page-1/#comment-48955 Jim Harper Fri, 24 Aug 2007 14:30:55 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/08/23/eric-schmidt-was-tooling-down-the-road-looking-for-a-burger-when/#comment-48955 <p>Google's failure would be the market working its will - people protect their privacy (without regulatory protection) by shunning goods and services that don't meet their privacy demands.<br><br>This post is mostly an observation based on my understanding of privacy, not a restatement of libertarian dogma. It's bad for everybody (a little bit) if a business model fails (wasted assets, foregone cool toys), so I'm helping Google figure out their problems. You're welcome, Google. ;-P</p> Google’s failure would be the market working its will – people protect their privacy (without regulatory protection) by shunning goods and services that don’t meet their privacy demands.

This post is mostly an observation based on my understanding of privacy, not a restatement of libertarian dogma. It’s bad for everybody (a little bit) if a business model fails (wasted assets, foregone cool toys), so I’m helping Google figure out their problems. You’re welcome, Google. ;-P

]]> By: Jim Harper http://techliberation.com/2007/08/23/eric-schmidt-was-tooling-down-the-road-looking-for-a-burger-when/comment-page-1/#comment-39192 Jim Harper Fri, 24 Aug 2007 13:30:55 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/08/23/eric-schmidt-was-tooling-down-the-road-looking-for-a-burger-when/#comment-39192 <p>Google's failure would be the market working its will - people protect their privacy (without regulatory protection) by shunning goods and services that don't meet their privacy demands.</p> <p>This post is mostly an observation based on my understanding of privacy, not a restatement of libertarian dogma. It's bad for everybody (a little bit) if a business model fails (wasted assets, foregone cool toys), so I'm helping Google figure out their problems. You're welcome, Google. ;-P</p> Google’s failure would be the market working its will – people protect their privacy (without regulatory protection) by shunning goods and services that don’t meet their privacy demands.

This post is mostly an observation based on my understanding of privacy, not a restatement of libertarian dogma. It’s bad for everybody (a little bit) if a business model fails (wasted assets, foregone cool toys), so I’m helping Google figure out their problems. You’re welcome, Google. ;-P

]]> By: Luis http://techliberation.com/2007/08/23/eric-schmidt-was-tooling-down-the-road-looking-for-a-burger-when/comment-page-1/#comment-48954 Luis Thu, 23 Aug 2007 22:06:07 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/08/23/eric-schmidt-was-tooling-down-the-road-looking-for-a-burger-when/#comment-48954 <p>But I thought the market would take care of that? (I'm being slightly snarky, but I'm also being slightly serious in asking that. I'm not sure why this would bother the serious libertarian, I guess.)</p> But I thought the market would take care of that? (I’m being slightly snarky, but I’m also being slightly serious in asking that. I’m not sure why this would bother the serious libertarian, I guess.)

]]> By: Luis http://techliberation.com/2007/08/23/eric-schmidt-was-tooling-down-the-road-looking-for-a-burger-when/comment-page-1/#comment-39191 Luis Thu, 23 Aug 2007 21:06:07 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2007/08/23/eric-schmidt-was-tooling-down-the-road-looking-for-a-burger-when/#comment-39191 <p>But I thought the market would take care of that? (I'm being slightly snarky, but I'm also being slightly serious in asking that. I'm not sure why this would bother the serious libertarian, I guess.)</p> But I thought the market would take care of that? (I’m being slightly snarky, but I’m also being slightly serious in asking that. I’m not sure why this would bother the serious libertarian, I guess.)

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