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I believe the suggestion is not to _just_ say "google is an adware company". It's to say "sure we shipped spyware to android, we're guilty of what we are accus
by TheDong 4y ago
I believe the suggestion is not to _just_ say "google is an adware company".
It's to say "sure we shipped spyware to android, we're guilty of what we are accused of, but google does it too and steals all the same information, but from even more people"
> I don’t think merely being critical of Google (even in disparaging language) would result in them risking their appearance of impartiality.
But saying "yes, we shipped the malware you claim we did" would have gotten them removed quickly, which is again what I think the actual suggestion was.
- woodruffw 4y agoThat's a finer point, sure, but I don't think anybody operates under the pretense that (1) Google is not an advertising and analytics company, or that (2) Google willfully introduces malware to end user devices (even if their actual software could be reasonably characterized as adware or spyware).