Chris Thompson at The Big Money welcomes Google’s announcement that it is taking a second look at its China operations. “For years, Google has swallowed the gorge of its toxic relationship with China, undermining its own ideals…. Now, with this latest and most provocative incident, the company’s leaders have finally tried to live up to their motto…. In fact, this may well be the moment when Google’s best and worst impulses come together in a grand moral drama. The company sits on piles of cash for now, but everyone knows that without China, the future is terminally uncertain.”
Nevertheess, Sarah Lacy at TechCrunch asks: “Does anyone really think Google would be doing this if it had top market share in the country?”