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Outside of the HN bubble, millions and millions of people use Google products and have no reason to treat this as the straw that breaks the camel's back. For o
by rm_-rf_slash 10y ago
Outside of the HN bubble, millions and millions of people use Google products and have no reason to treat this as the straw that breaks the camel's back.
For one, a lot of businesses are dependent on google services like email because there aren't many alternatives that can match google's price and sprawling integration.
- ocdtrekkie 10y agoI am aware of how much smaller of a percentage of users will be affected outside of HN. But given the exponentially wider audience of say, an AP story, we can assume at the very least, multiples of the size of the group of HN people who will switch, will switch after seeing the news story.
- rm_-rf_slash 10y agoThose you say will switch are themselves a very small proportion of the people who will become enraged by the story but in the end change nothing and continue to use Google products.
- ryandrake 10y agoBut it would be good for this info to reach a wider audience. It's frustrating--Why can't THESE stories be the ones Fwd: Fwd: Fwd: by grandma and not the ones about chemtrails and Obama hiding illegal aliens in UFOs?
- whyagaindavid 10y agoDo u think people stop checking fb news feeds to get out of filter bubble or promoted news due to this election result (does not matter which side you are from). Or did anyone in the wider population have 1password or use 2FA... People are ‘Security Fatigue’ https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2016/10/security-fatigue-can-cause-computer-users-feel-hopeless-and-act-recklessly https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2016/10/security-fatig...