why would they forsaken so much profit?

Because they are principled, already make enough money, and are willing to give some up to not give in to the freedom-hating scumbag Chinese government?

 

Maybe, but I am not buying it.

Neither is China. :roll:

 

I'm pretty sure China couldn't give a damn for Google's reasoning, unless it was something that didn't collide with their ideology.

why would they forsaken so much profit?

Because they are principled, already make enough money, and are willing to give some up to not give in to the freedom-hating scumbag Chinese government?

 

Maybe, but I am not buying it.

 

Or maybe they are considering the negative their cencoring is having on the revenue for advertisement in the western world? with only a 30% marketshare in China, the profit may not have been worth the lessening of users in richer areas. There was also only a short time before google would have ot renew its agreement with the chinese government as well, no?

 

when "altruism" in the form of stopping self-censorship, and economy coincide, why not get the good PR for doing "the right thing" ?

why would they forsaken so much profit?

Because they are principled, already make enough money, and are willing to give some up to not give in to the freedom-hating scumbag Chinese government?

 

Maybe, but I am not buying it.

 

Or maybe they are considering the negative their cencoring is having on the revenue for advertisement in the western world? with only a 30% marketshare in China, the profit may not have been worth the lessening of users in richer areas. There was also only a short time before google would have ot renew its agreement with the chinese government as well, no?

 

when "altruism" in the form of stopping self-censorship, and economy coincide, why not get the good PR for doing "the right thing" ?

 

Sure it is definitely possible, Google is unable to compete with the native search engines so they attempt to get PR by protesting about the censoring and use it as an excuse to bail out. Does this have anything to do with Google's western consumer base? I have no idea, is it possible? Maybe.