Ross Parker » design http://www.rossparker.com my personal homepage Thu, 19 Aug 2010 22:32:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Pact with the devil http://www.rossparker.com/2010/06/10/pact-with-the-devil/ http://www.rossparker.com/2010/06/10/pact-with-the-devil/#comments Thu, 10 Jun 2010 22:12:05 +0000 Ross http://www.rossparker.com/?p=627

Fear of Google’s knowledge about our every purchase, every web click, every move in the physical world was trumped by the public’s craving for information about anything, anywhere. It was an uneasy truce with the devil: give them your innermost secrets, and you can find anything your heart desires.

That’s from a great essay comparing Google to Apple.

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