diff --git a/Extras/Splitting-up-Google/V2/2023/README_V2.md b/Extras/Splitting-up-Google/V2/2023/README_V2.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..d2007771 --- /dev/null +++ b/Extras/Splitting-up-Google/V2/2023/README_V2.md @@ -0,0 +1,406 @@ +{ Plan for splitting up Google + +## Websites + +### YouTube + +YouTube must be made completely free, libre, and open source, and given to a company that has a good history of handling video sites (such as Vimeo or DailyMotion) Google must provide ALL data, including all hard drives, and also give necessary funding to the receiver to run the platform independently for 2 years (so that they can start making money on their own) in 2022 money, this would be equivalent to ~$6,000,000,000.00 + +#### YouTube Kids + +YouTube Kids must be audited, and made completely free, libre, and open source, and also given to the same company that received YouTube. + +#### YouTube TV + +YouTube TV must be handed over to a trusted company. If there is no solution on what happens to content not owned by Google, the content should be wiped. + +#### YouTube shorts + +YouTube must be made completely free, libre, and open source, and given to a company that has a good history of handling video sites (such as Vimeo or DailyMotion) Google must provide ALL data, including all hard drives, and also give necessary funding to the receiver to run the platform independently for 2 years (so that they can start making money on their own) in 2022 money, this would be equivalent to ~$1,000,000,000.00. The company that receives YouTube cannot receive YouTube shorts, it must go to a separate company. + +## Operating Systems + +### Android + +Android, and all of its variants must be given to another company + +#### Android Studio + +Android Studio must be made completely free, libre and open source, and given to a company that has a good history of handling IDE tools with experienced Android developers. + +### ChromeOS + +Google ChromeOS must be made free, libre, and open source, and given to a trusted company + +### ChromiumOS + +Google ChromiumOS must be given to Microsoft + +### Fuchsia + +Google Fuchsia must be made free, libre, and open source, and given to a trusted company + +## Browsers + +### Google Chrome + +Google Chrome must be made open source, and given to a trusted company + +### Google Chromium + +Google Chromium must be given to Mozilla, and Google must pay 10 million dollars to every major browser developer who isn't using Chromium + +## Search engine + +### Google Search + +Google can keep Google search, but every single byte of the search engine, from 1998 onward, must be made completely open source, and distributed online. Each new iteration must also be open source, and released in full within 24 hours (if there is an outage, the maximum time that this can be held off is 48 hours) otherwise, Google search must be deprecated and dissolved permanently. + +### Google Knowledge Graph + +The Google Knowledge Graph must be made free, libre and open source, and handed over to the WikiMedia foundation. + +## Programming languages + +### AIDL + +The AIDL language must be handed over to the Rust software foundation + +### Blockly + +Google Blockly must be transferred to MIT for use in Scratch + +### Dart + +The Dart programming language must be handed over to the Python software foundation + +### Google Apps Script + +The Google Apps Script language must be made free, libre and open source, and handed over to a trusted company. + +### Google Go + +The Go programming language must be handed over to Francis McCabe, as Google stole from him + +### Mojom + +The Mojom programming language must be made free, libre and open source, and handed over to a trusted company. + +### MLIR + +The MLIR language must be handed over to the Rust software foundation + +### Protocol Buffer + +The Protocol Buffer programming language must be made free, libre and open source, and handed over to a trusted company. + +## Source Code Tools + +### Android Studio + +See above + +### Gerrit + +Google Gerrit must be made completely free, libre, and open source, and given to another company + +### Google Cloud Source Repositories + +Google Cloud Source Repositories must be made completely free, libre, and open source, and given to another company + +## Events + +### Google Summer of Code + +Google Summer of Code must be dissolved within 1 month of this splitup. + +### Google.org + +Google.org must be dissolved within 1 month of this splitup. + +## Calendar + +### Google Calendar + +Google Calendar must be made completely open source, then dissolved + +## Subsidiaries + +### FitBit + +Google must give FitBit to a trusted health company + +### On2 technologies + +On2 technologies (WebM, WebP) must be transferred to another small company + +## Translation + +### Google Translate + +Google Translate must be made completely free, libre, and open source, and given to another company + +## Artificial Intelligence + +### AI Division + +Googles AI division must be spun off into another company + +### Google BARD + +Google BARD must be made completely free, libre, and open source, and given to another company + +### Google LamDA + +Google LamDA must be made completely free, libre, and open source, and given to another company + +### Tensorflow + +Google Drive must be spun off into another company. + +## Storage + +### Google Drive + +Google Drive must be spun off into another company + +### Google Photos + +Google Photos must be spun off into another company + +## Google Play + +### Google Play Store + +The Google Play Store must be made completely free, libre, and open source, and spun off into another company + +### Google Play Services + +Google Play Services must be made completely free, libre, and open source, and spun off into another company + +## Email + +### GMail + +GMail must be made completely open source, and handed over to a trusted company. + +## Education + +### Google Classroom + +GMail must be made completely open source, and handed over to a trusted company. + +GCloud services +Firebase +Keep +Desktop +TRENDS +Buzz +Groups +Maps +Earth +Streetview +Allo +Duo +Currents +Glass +Home +Nest +VirusTOTAL +Peridot +Fonts +Travel +Fiber +ReCaptcha +Scholar +Nexus +Play Movies +Looker +Safe browsing +Cardboard +Base +Google Pay +Android Pay +cOLABORATORY +Discover +Authenticator +Cameera +Currents +COntacts +Messahges +Meet +Material design +Jamboard +Incognito +Garnet +Gallery +Fit +Families +Chat +GOogle Arts and culture +Google Assstant +Google shopping +tenor +Starlark +Bazel + +## Google One + +### Keep Google One + +Google One must be made open source, but can be kept + +## Google GSuite + +### Google Docs + +Google Docs must be handed over to a trusted company. + +### Google Sheets + +Google Sheets must be handed over to a trusted company. + +### Google Slides + +Google Slides must be handed over to a trusted company. + +### Google Drawings + +Google Drawings must be handed over to a trusted company. + +### Google Forms + +Google Forms must be handed over to a trusted company. + +### Google Sites + +Applies to Google Sites "Classic" and Google Sites "New" + +Google Sites must be handed over to a trusted company. Google could have kept this if they had made it possible to export "new" Google Sites websites + +## Hardware + +### Refunds + +Google must offer full refunds to all Chromebook, Chromebox, Chromecast, Chromeblet, and Chromebox users (this may cost up to $2B USD) + +### Google Pixel + +Google must halt the production and sale of the Google Pixel line, and cease to produce new entries + +## Advertisements + +### Google Ads + +Google must discontinue its ad service + +### Google AMP + +Google AMP must be made completely free, libre, and open source, and then discontinued permanently. + +### Google FLoC + +Google FLoC must be made completely free, libre, and open source, and then discontinued permanently. + +### Google Surveys + +Google Surveys must be made completely free, libre, and open source, and then discontinued permanently. + +### DoubleClick + +DoubleClick must be made completely free, libre, and open source, and then spun off into another company. + +### Google Analytics + +Google Analytics must be made completely free, libre, and open source, and then discontinued permanently. + +### Google AdSense + +Google AdSense must be made completely free, libre, and open source, and then spun off into another company. + +## Books + +### Google Books + +Google Books must be given to a trusted company. + +## Keyboard + +### GBoard + +GBoard can be kept, but must be made completely Free, Libre, and Open Source, with all past, current, and future releases having their source code freely distributable. + +## News + +### Google News + +Google News can be kept, but must be made completely Free, Libre, and Open Source, with all past, current, and future releases having their source code freely distributable. + +## Defunct Google products: + +### Google Hangouts + +Google Hangouts must be made completely Free, Libre, and Open Source, with all past and current releases having their source code freely distributable + +### Google Stadia + +Google Stadia must be made completely Free, Libre, and Open Source, with all past and current releases having their source code freely distributable + +### Google Plus + +Google Plus must be made completely Free, Libre, and Open Source, with all past and current releases having their source code freely distributable + +### Google Bookmarks + +Google Bookmarks must be made completely Free, Libre, and Open Source, with all past and current releases having their source code freely distributable + +### Google Video + +Google Video must be made completely Free, Libre, and Open Source, with all past and current releases having their source code freely distributable + +## Trademarks + +Google must give up all of their trademarks, except for one: "Google" (their company name) and they cannot re-apply for any of the trademarks they gave up, or else Google must be dissolved immediately + +## Open Handset Alliance + +Google must leave the Open Handset Alliance + +## Additional conditions + +If source code is not available for a specific version of a program, that is a $1M fine. If source code is not available for all versions of a program, that is a $100M fine, along with a $1M fine for every version that wasn't saved + +Google may NEVER buy back the companies that received their products (such as buying On2 again, or buying a company that spun off their work) or else Google must be dissolved immediately + +Everything else can be kept + +## Trusted companies + +A maximum of 5 Google products can be given to each trusted company. + +### List + +- Proton +- Khan Academy +- Wikimedia +- Mozilla +- Rust foundation +- Python Software Foundation +- MIT +- Microsoft +- W3C +- pCloud +- Degoo +- The Internet Archive +- KDE +- The Linux foundation +- System76 +- AMD +- NimbleBit LLC +- Other/not yet listed + +### Legal definitions + +Free, Libre, and Open Source: Every piece of digital information must be publicly accessible, with no copyright, trademark, or trade secret restrictions for any of it. + +Version 2 (2023, Wednesday, April 26th at 12:52 am PST)