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>Go outside the SF/HN bubble and try to find people with a negative view of Google. Out in the real world nobody cares about ad tracking. I wasn't speaking spe
by jjulius 4y ago
>Go outside the SF/HN bubble and try to find people with a negative view of Google. Out in the real world nobody cares about ad tracking.
I wasn't speaking specifically to ads/tracking. Out in the "real world" there are plenty of people who decry "big tech censorship" and have strong views about said tech firms that are tied to their political views.
- appletrotter 4y agoYeah but that’s like 1/100 people you meet. Most people don’t care about the stuff you care about, jjulius.
- jjulius 4y ago>Yeah but that’s like 1/100 people you meet. Depends on where you live and who you're frequently around; my experience seems to be quite a bit different from yours. I also don't expect that people care about what I care about, appletrotter.
- kyawzazaw 4y agoFor the general population, it is a whole lot less.
- bearcobra 4y agoThe Verge has done some surveys on this[1] (not of their audience but of a national sample) and in 2021 90% of respondents had a positive view of Google, 89% of Netflix, 87% of Amazon, 79% of Apple, and 66% of Facebook (Instagram was 72%). I think plenty of people might have some kind of negative opinion about each of those companies, but view the jobs there as prestigious. [1]https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/6/22702798/verge-tech-survey-2021-trust-privacy-security-facebook-amazon-google-apple-pandemic https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/6/22702798/verge-tech-surve...