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> The title is "Scroogle has been blocked". How does this imply Google is evil? The title of the post on HN is "Google scraper may have to be permanently retir

• gnosis 16y ago
  That's an even more innocuous title. I really don't see why you think it implies Google is "evil".
  • UnknownSource 16y ago
    If I wrote "Flash no longer available, thanks to a change by Apple", I'm pretty sure you'd probably change your mind. And if I wrote "Linux no longer supports our program due to a change in kernel design. We are asking why it was done. Oh, and Microsoft did the same things 2 years ago and were sued for trying to block competitors. But until we find out, we can't confirm its because they are trying to stop competition." Both of these statements are obviously heavily biased, and yet, that's what we see in the article, and in the hacker news headline. If it weren't biased, why would Scroogle even mention the Microsoft thing? It is hardly relevant. It seems like they are trying to invoke anger by the community, so that Google is forced to reinstate the feature. And judging by the headline here, it seems to have worked. But hey, I guess headlines which are anti-large company on a system which only gets upvotes would generate more attention than neutral ones, because all the Google haters jump on board and vote it up, without reading the article and actually seeing if the headline is remotely accurate.