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That combination Apple-Google logogram is scary! It’s like an image from some corporate future dystopian sci-fi.

mturmon 7y ago
The logogram in OP suppresses Google’s four colors, and so did the one on Google’s blog: https://blog.google/inside-google/company-announcements/apple-and-google-partner-covid-19-contact-tracing-technology https://blog.google/inside-google/company-announcements/appl... Also, the Apple logo is first. I wonder how this was decided?
- trendoid 7y ago
  Alphabetically and/or birthdate
- chess_buster 7y ago
  Alphabetically maybe.
- mbreese 7y ago
  My guess (hope) is a group of reasonable adults talking about this collaboration (remotely) decided that the order of logos was of far less importance than them working together. Someone probably said — “how about this?” and scribbled something. May have even been a Googler. Then everyone else just said “sure”. At least, that’s how I’d like to think it went.
- dylan604 7y ago
  A comes before G? Logo designs typically have a logo followed by text. Seems to apply here too. It might not be anything about who can pee further.
  - ummonk 7y ago
    > Logo designs typically have a logo followed by text This. It would look weird if the order were the other way around.
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- adrianmonk 7y ago
  Personally, I would choose to put the Apple logo first on aesthetic grounds. Not because I like that logo better but because it is smaller. Since English reads left to right, if the short thing comes after the long thing, it looks lopsided. Also, since the Google logo is larger, it is going to be more prominent no matter what, so putting the Apple logo first balances that out a bit. Seems fair to me.
Redoubts 7y ago
It's like you don't trust Weyland-Yutani at all.
- tibbydudeza 7y ago
  "Building better worlds."
- JorgeGT 7y ago
  I only trust Tyrell Corporation for my off-world needs.
  - A4ET8a8uTh0 7y ago
    I just re-watched Blade Runner. Eerie.
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rvz 7y ago
Line crossed. Prepare for trouble.
- gaogao 7y ago
  And make it double?
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momofarm 7y ago
The less scary and comfort version is CIA/NSA rolling out such a service in minutes. How about that?
crazygringo 7y ago
It's oddly natural to see them together. Many years ago I was at a black market in Beijing filled with every possible fashion counterfeit, and I found one black leather belt that had both Gucci and Calvin Klein logos on it. It similarly seemed natural for a second ("even more fashion, right") until my brain did a double-take.

The logogram in OP suppresses Google’s four colors, and so did the one on Google’s blog: https://blog.google/inside-google/company-announcements/apple-and-google-partner-covid-19-contact-tracing-technology https://blog.google/inside-google/company-announcements/appl... Also, the Apple logo is first. I wonder how this was decided?

trendoid 7y ago
Alphabetically and/or birthdate
chess_buster 7y ago
Alphabetically maybe.
mbreese 7y ago
My guess (hope) is a group of reasonable adults talking about this collaboration (remotely) decided that the order of logos was of far less importance than them working together. Someone probably said — “how about this?” and scribbled something. May have even been a Googler. Then everyone else just said “sure”. At least, that’s how I’d like to think it went.
dylan604 7y ago
A comes before G? Logo designs typically have a logo followed by text. Seems to apply here too. It might not be anything about who can pee further.
- ummonk 7y ago
  > Logo designs typically have a logo followed by text This. It would look weird if the order were the other way around.
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adrianmonk 7y ago
Personally, I would choose to put the Apple logo first on aesthetic grounds. Not because I like that logo better but because it is smaller. Since English reads left to right, if the short thing comes after the long thing, it looks lopsided. Also, since the Google logo is larger, it is going to be more prominent no matter what, so putting the Apple logo first balances that out a bit. Seems fair to me.

Redoubts 7y ago

It's like you don't trust Weyland-Yutani at all.

tibbydudeza 7y ago
"Building better worlds."
JorgeGT 7y ago
I only trust Tyrell Corporation for my off-world needs.
- A4ET8a8uTh0 7y ago
  I just re-watched Blade Runner. Eerie.

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rvz 7y ago

Line crossed. Prepare for trouble.

gaogao 7y ago
And make it double?

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momofarm 7y ago

The less scary and comfort version is CIA/NSA rolling out such a service in minutes. How about that?

crazygringo 7y ago

It's oddly natural to see them together. Many years ago I was at a black market in Beijing filled with every possible fashion counterfeit, and I found one black leather belt that had both Gucci and Calvin Klein logos on it. It similarly seemed natural for a second ("even more fashion, right") until my brain did a double-take.