My reason for especially not liking Google, is that it embeds software in your PC and assumes certain control over your PC. Google doesn't ask you (other than in some convoluted terms of service agreement) it just does it of it's own accord. It's not the only company that tries this, but Google is one of the most pervasive about. Google does their thing for personal gain.
I own and operate a small town retail Custom Picture Framing and Art business for the past 21 years.
Over a year ago I got a automated phone message saying "the business owner needed to verify the listing information (dial1 to speak to a representative). I did so, and was told that there would now be a one time $300 fee for the internet search engine web designers to list my business on the Google seach ( had been there for years) I was told by the rep that "if I didn't pay the $, I would loose business because something like 80% of the people looking for a business use the Google search engine and I would not be found.
I told this person I was not interested since I depended on local business, and just about everyone knew where we were located. I felt this was tantamount to extortion. None of the other search engines partake in this behavior!
Ever since, I have been harassed on a daily basis by automated calls requesting the same reply.
It starts with one Phone # and if I do not answer (thank heaven for caller ID). The call round robin forwarded to yet another Google office in another part of the country within 10-15 minutes and it comes in again under a different phone # and area code.
Not only am I receiving these calls from Google Search, but also Google Maps, and Google + !
Despite placing my phone on a Do Not Call List I have been repeatedly harassed for over a year with at least 2-4 calls daily. It stopped for a couple of weeks once, but resumed again.
I wish there was some way to get the FCC after them.
F**K Google!!!!
