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Brexit Dividend: Dominic Cummings wants to create a “British Google”

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    Brexit Dividend: Dominic Cummings wants to create a “British Google”

    What the F*** do the Tories have for brains. Brexit will give the UK an opportunity to create a “British Google” in competition with USA Google...

    wired.co.uk/article/no-deal-brexit-state-aid-tech
    "A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims, but accomplices," George Orwell

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    Originally posted by Paddy View Post
    What the F*** do the Tories have for brains. Brexit will give the UK an opportunity to create a “British Google” in competition with USA Google...

    wired.co.uk/article/no-deal-brexit-state-aid-tech
    Cummings likes data. The more personal the better.

    No sure he knows hoe the tech sector works though.

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        Similar sentiment on the continent: France is ditching Google to reclaim its online independence | WIRED UK

        It will never happen, Europeans (Brits included) arrogantly think they can create the environment that exists in SV, they can't, for a multitude of reasons.

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          Originally posted by TheGreenBastard View Post
          Similar sentiment on the continent: France is ditching Google to reclaim its online independence | WIRED UK

          It will never happen, Europeans (Brits included) arrogantly think they can create the environment that exists in SV, they can't, for a multitude of reasons.

          Interesting reading that, they are saying one of the reasons is the way that Cambridge Analytica (remember them?) used and manipulated data.
          …Maybe we ain’t that young anymore

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            #6
            Originally posted by clearedforlanding View Post
            Cummings likes data. The more personal the better.

            No sure he knows hoe the tech sector works though.
            Cummings probably barely know how to turn on a ******* computer. He gets credit for the work done by outsourced parties, it's quite literally ******* insane.

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              #7
              Originally posted by jayn200 View Post
              Cummings probably barely know how to turn on a ******* computer. He gets credit for the work done by outsourced parties, it's quite literally ******* insane.

              You mean just like Boris?
              …Maybe we ain’t that young anymore

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                Interesting reading past the headline, the claim that Brexit will mean we can use state subsidies to boost the tech sector is another piece of misinformation. The EU rules already appear to allow us to do what Cummings wants to do, and France and Germany both spend far more on it than we do already without falling foul of the EU.

                What you can't do is spend indefinitely to prop up a failing business. What you can do is support R&D with clear spending plans that aren't just a wasteful open check book.

                Got a five year plan spend £1b to support businesses to develop the underlying tech to create a rival to Google? Crack on.

                Want to spend £200m a year indefinitely to subsidise a business that would otherwise fail without it? Nope, can't do that.
                "Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by DaveB View Post
                  Interesting reading past the headline, the claim that Brexit will mean we can use state subsidies to boost the tech sector is another piece of misinformation. The EU rules already appear to allow us to do what Cummings wants to do, and France and Germany both spend far more on it than we do already without falling foul of the EU.

                  What you can't do is spend indefinitely to prop up a failing business. What you can do is support R&D with clear spending plans that aren't just a wasteful open check book.

                  Got a five year plan spend £1b to support businesses to develop the underlying tech to create a rival to Google? Crack on.

                  Want to spend £200m a year indefinitely to subsidise a business that would otherwise fail without it? Nope, can't do that.
                  It will be tax payers' money going into a black-hole belonging to Cummings' mates offshore companies. In any other country they would call it corruption and be protesting on the streets.
                  "A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims, but accomplices," George Orwell

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                    Originally posted by WTFH View Post
                    Interesting reading that, they are saying one of the reasons is the way that Cambridge Analytica (remember them?) used and manipulated data.
                    Of course the gov(s) don't want companies like CA shaming their intelligence gathering capabilities, they'd much rather have direct control.

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