There are few companies out there that has the guts or care to keep a corporate philosophy that focuses on its consumers. Recently, Google proved that it really cared for its users.

Let me start off with an introduction to Google’s newest product, Google Chrome (get it here). It’s a web browser that has Google fans jumping for joy across the world and has even converted some Firefox users. Despite the fact that it’s still in Beta (aren’t most Google products? ex. Gmail) it has been benchmarked by geeks on scriptNode as the fastest browser on the market.

However, after a few hours post to the launch people started complaining about the End-User License Agreement (EULA) for the product. To put into layman terms, the EULA says that all information submitted using the browser belongs to Google. This obviously pissed off some people. It was a sign that Google had gone awry with its “Do No Evil” mantra and turned into the typical faceless corporation that cares little for its followers.

Within a few hours after hearing the complain, Google immediately added a new clause:

“11.1 You retain copyright and any other rights you already hold in Content which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services.”

Which basically shut everyone up…including myself – I’m using Chrome to type this very entry! And I get to keep ownership of it too

Peter Kao