Thoughts about Donate button on Google homepage?

[Ink]

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Recently, you may have noticed this banner at the top of the Google search homepage, Donate. It reads:
"Help refugees and migrates in urgent need. Google will your donation. [DONATE]"

Link to Donate: Google Refugee and Migrant Response



Registering for a Google Wallet account:



If you donate, it's a win-win for Google:

• You donate, Google will match
  • Google is a giant corp., they have the donations available.
• Google gains a Wallet customer
  • Wallet can be used to purchase other Google services, including paid apps on Android.

I am not discouraging anyone to not donate, but here are my thoughts about "Donating through Google". Again, if you want to donate, it's your choice.

Thanks for reading.

 

[XhenEd]

Google has billions of dollars of money. I believe that they should be the one to donate a huge amount of money. Well, if they already do, then great! But, if their donation is just a very small percentage of their yearly income, then they should think again asking donations from others who have less income than them.

 

[frogboy]

Google has billions of dollars of money. I believe that they should be the one to donate a huge amount of money. Well, if they already do, then great! But, if their donation is just a very small percentage of their yearly income, then they should think again asking donations from others who have less income than them.

I would have to agree with your statement.

 

[LabZero]

The initiative is laudable but if Google already is donating money to people in need, I believe this is primarily a way to publicize and promote its image.

 

[OneDay]

Well, it's an ambivalent issue. I won't go into political details.
One of the best ways to advertise a company and gain customers is by showing how good you are, how caring and humanitarian; cause, you know, someone might say: 'Google cares for refugees, it cares for me, too'.
If we were living in a utopian society, this move would be wonderful, but we are not.