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More like "GoDaddy no longer publicly supports SOPA". Just looking out for their bottom line, I'm sure.

• benburleson 15y ago
  That is the simple rule of life. If you ever wonder why someone/company is doing what they do, follow the money.
  • jrockway 15y ago
    Why does Google work on self-driving cars and cancer diagnostics?
    • objclxt 15y ago
      ...because nobody got rich off pharma, and the kind of AI tech on self driving cars has no real world applications.
      • jrockway 15y ago
        Why aren't pharma companies developing internet advertising platforms, then? If every company did every thing that everyone else ever did successfully... I can't even finish this sentence.
    • skore 15y ago
      I think at least self-driving cars could be explained with: Reducing the cost on acquiring StreetView data.
  • alphakappa 15y ago
    You are needlessly cynical, my friend. Money does drive a lot of corporate decisions, but plenty of stuff is done because "it's cool" or out of pure altruism too. It's possible to somehow attribute even altruism to eventual profits (altruism = good image = more business), but do we need to be so cynical?
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