Opposition to Sidewalk Labs in Toronto
&gt; Sidewalk Labs, a sister company to Google, had acquired disused land in Toronto, Canada for this bold urban experiment<p>&quot;Disused land&quot; is a bit disingenuous. Toronto real estate prices are very high right now and this is waterfront property. It&#x27;s former industrial land we&#x27;re hoping to revitalize.<p>As far as I can tell, Google isn&#x27;t doing us a favor here. They&#x27;re just another developer trying to make a bunch of money off of our huge need for additional housing. They choose to make this money via surveillance and advertising, and increasing demand by promising some neat tech benefits.<p>But if they weren&#x27;t here, that land would still be developed. Probably sooner. (And probably by a developer making money by cutting every corner in the build).