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This is in turn naive, as if corporations operate within a mathematical model, not the real world. Corporations rely very heavily on the trust of their customers, whether those are consumers, or other businesses. Google's entire business model rests on the willingness of its consumers to hand over their data, the value of their word is fundamental to future profitability. Although admittedly this particular issue is not directly important in that sense.


Google's business model rests on the advertisement and marketing industries. It does not work based on trust. It convinces people to use its product. The only "trust" it has is in its ability to do so.




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