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How is that relevant in any way to the topic at hand? It's just pure whataboutism.

• coldtea 9y ago
  >How is that relevant in any way to the topic at hand? The topic at hand is "why trust your data to X". If everybody trusts their data to Y, which has the same or even worse track record than X, then "how's Y worse than X which you already trust with your data" is a very relevant question to ask. It can make people consider both X and Y in perspective, and even consider moving their data to a safer Z alternative. >whataboutism I don't particularly care for knee-jerk accusations of thought crimes like "whataboutism". "What about" is a very useful question. Only idiots speak of something without placing it on a larger context, and without considering the alternatives. Invocation of whataboutism basically makes it a thought crime to put things in perspective. It's a tool used to constrain discussion, whereas "what about x" expands the scope of the discussion.