They tried to make the public care with the gmail man campaign. https://www.theverge.com/microsoft/2012/2/2/2766215/gmail-man-video-microsoft-google-privacy ht

They tried to make the public care with the gmail man campaign. https://www.theverge.com/microsoft/2012/2/2/2766215/gmail-man-video-microsoft-google-privacy https://www.theverge.com/microsoft/2012/2/2/2766215/gmail-ma... It was flagged dead on HN because the perception was "do no evil' Google good, M$ bad. They tried harder later on with the somewhat cringy Scroogled campaign and found out the public didnt care while Google laughed all the way to the bank while increasing data tracking, collection and usage. And here we are. Edit: Found a thread discussing it, with one top 10 by karma HN user explaining why they flagged it. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3544309 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3544309