> Google said Mr. Pichai and Mr. Breton “had a frank, but open conversation about plans to update digital policy in Europe.”
This (and the rest of the article) reads like it was discussing a conflict between the leaders of two different countries, but let's stop for a second and remind ourselves that we are talking about a a) political unit governing the lives of 450m people and b) a company.
No company should be big enough to be considered an equal partner in a conversation like this. This kind of narrative is not new, but it's becoming a norm that people take for granted without realising how perverse it is.
This (and the rest of the article) reads like it was discussing a conflict between the leaders of two different countries, but let's stop for a second and remind ourselves that we are talking about a a) political unit governing the lives of 450m people and b) a company.
No company should be big enough to be considered an equal partner in a conversation like this. This kind of narrative is not new, but it's becoming a norm that people take for granted without realising how perverse it is.