1. In no way did I say in this article that I think there is a double standard going on here, only to highlight the debate of the double standard.

2. Every single paragraph in this article either links to or references ThePirateBay or explicitly has “ThePirateBay” in there, thus making it very obvious that this article is talking about ThePirateBay. A point that some of you probably missed either accidently or intentionally.

3. I’ve editted the article to include a nice long paragraph to define the “Google double standard” since so many of you seem to either accidently or purposely misinterpret this point in the article. The original article actually spells out what I’m talking about throughout and if you’ve read any previous articles, you’ll be even more likely to know WTH I’m talking about. Now that I have the definition in there, it should be twice as obvious to know that the viewpoint being held by those who think this way actually is and where it comes from.

…and for those who still think I blindly just hate Google, you can feel free to read this recent article – http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86161/chinese-government-mandated-search-engine-blacklist-leaked/

I appologize for any confusion some may have in reading an unbiased report that discusses a side of an issue that others tend to ignore because some find it an unpopular opinion.

“…when they [Google], in turn, offer an app that provides a similar service themselves.”

For a website to “offer” an app means to the general public that Google developed this application, and is wanting the world to use it. Google offers the application Google News. GoDaddy does not offer ZeroPaid, just because they’re your domain registrar. Your host doesn’t offer ZeroPaid, either. In short, this article reads all wrong when it comes to the point you claim to be trying to make, so you better fix that up before you start saying users are misinterpreting it. It’s your own choice of words that causes this issue, not readers being silly ;D

And I don’t believe anybody is going to get Google in trouble for offering their App Engine service. The only debate sparked here is over your terminology xD