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This constant abuse of language to play duplicitous games with users is unethical and betrays crass opportunism. This is not a business, it is 'growth hacking'
by throw2016 8y ago
This constant abuse of language to play duplicitous games with users is unethical and betrays crass opportunism. This is not a business, it is 'growth hacking' to a tyranny.
Posturing about evil while doing exactly that is vulgar. Google's language and design has been persistently deceptive. If you think users are 'idiots' as many software folks so derogatorily claim why go through such lengths to deceive them?
Another self serving myth to perpetuate denial and make the surveillance industry feel ok about being sellouts. Android is designed to leak data like a sieve. The very notion of privacy or security with the OS vendor and ecosystem obsessed with surveillance and collecting user data is fantastic.
Google would not be where there are had they been transparent in their communication. Users would be far more circumspect and as they learn the extent of surveillance utter disgust will quickly follow. This is just another type of corruption and fraud.