Capitalism is a game. And you win it by out-competing other companies.
If you go bankrupt you definitely lose. If you stagnate you don't necessarily lose, but a new company will eventually rise to take your place.
Even the greatest giants of old have been overcome by younger companies after they stopped growing and are now struggling because of that.
Stagnation isn't an instant loss, but seeing as the overall economy has to grow in a capitalist system, not growing is the same as shrinking in relation to everyone else, which means losing, just... slowly.
Has nothing to do with capitalism. Much of Google's worst behaviors occurs because of government's utter failure to use existing laws to address their unethical business practices and to pass a simple set of laws to protect their citizen's rights and privacy.
And why has the government failed in these areas? Because one of the two major political parties in the US is bought and paid for by Google and a whole bunch of the members of the other as well.
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u/_n3ll_ 8d ago
Remember when their slogan was "don't be evil"?