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I was amused that Elizabeth Warren's campaign site wouldn't display the content for me unless I permitted scripts from google.com (w/ umatrix) since she is prom

• aleksei 7y ago
  Although you can be pro break-up-Google while using one, or even many, of their services. So I don't really see the amusement.
  • xenocyon 7y ago
    Reminds me of Matt Bors' Mister Gotcha: https://thenib.com/mister-gotcha https://thenib.com/mister-gotcha
  • pkaye 7y ago
    The belief these days is that when someone does something wrong everyone must shun them and not do business with them. Her website didn't have to use Google services as there are many alternatives.
  • nullc 7y ago
    It seems foolish to me to target Google while simultaneously sending a constant feed of data about people visiting your campaign site. In this case the only "service" it appeared to be using was hosting for jquery...
• pessimizer 7y ago
  It's typical of politicians not to run their own organizations in the same way as they say the world should be run; campaign organizations are a bit fly-by-night, and political platforms are more or less flexible by necessity. I think it comes from the sad fact that, generally, ambitious politicians create organizations to get themselves elected, rather than previously-existing and purposeful organizations presenting candidates that represent that organization's values to a larger audience.