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Originally Posted by OldBear
Google track the sites webmasters have given their permission for.
Amazon only do this for account holders with permission and it can be turned off in your preferences if you don't want it.
Neither of these is an argument for BT/Webwise/Phorm being able to do it.
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The thing they don't seem to grasp is that Google creates a virtuous circle of benefit to the web site owner and benefit to the customer. Google does this at huge cost in terms of hardware investment, and indexing algorithm design.
Phorm are pure parasites looking for a quick buck. Webwise steals content from web site owners to sell ads for competitors. Webwise steals profile information from ISP customers without any benefit returned.
And relying on the "Google could do something unpleasant, so why can't we" argument doesn't really help their cause.