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I just voted, but (maybe because English is not my primary language) I didn't understand the poll very well. While I RELY on Google for some email accounts, ana
by yeahsure 16y ago
I just voted, but (maybe because English is not my primary language) I didn't understand the poll very well. While I RELY on Google for some email accounts, analytics and search queries, I wouldn't say I "trust" Google.
Bottom line is - Rely on them? Yes; Trust them? No.
- rhar 16y agoDoesn't relying imply trust?
- joe_the_user 16y agoTrust implies comfort and positive results. It's a very value-laden term. "Do you trust X to Y..." always seems like a set-up question to me. A clearer question would be "what do you expect Google to do, how effectively and consistently do you expect them to do it, how well does that serve you and what alternatives do you imagine?"
- yeahsure 16y agoMaybe, but the emails are mostly used for subscriptions and the like, so if they go down it wouldn't affect me that much. As for the Analytics/Docs etc. I use them because my clients do and I don't have many other places to point them to. As for Trusting, what I mean is that I think that they would breach my privacy if they wanted/had to. It's a corporation that profits based on its user data, so I wouldn't be they'll look after their users if it affects their bottomline.
- vilya 16y agoDo you trust the politicians that you rely on to run your country?
- flawawa2 16y agoI have the same problem. I do "trust" Google with some of my activities (such as watching online videos on -> Youtube and sometimes using the web search -> Google) but I do not trust them in the meaning that I think they do no evil with my data. I trust they are not abusing the data they record about me, but I do not trust in the good of harvesting and data mining said data.