Response to Google open letter
> Google will not be required to charge Australians for the use of its free services such as Google Search and YouTube, unless it chooses to do so.<p>> Google will not be required to share any additional user data with Australian news businesses unless it chooses to do so.<p>I don't think Google actually made either of these claims in their letter.<p>They didn't mention charging for services at all. They said "the free services you use may be at risk". Given the context, I took that to mean the quality of the service would tank if they had to share their algorithm changes.<p>The data portion is a little less clear. Google was very weasel wordy - they definitely wanted it to sound like they would have to turn over user data, but if you read carefully they only say they would have to share data about how they collect the user data.