4 ms·

If you leave your ham sandwich in the office fridge for a single week, anyone is justified in throwing it away. The trouble is you think that you are in posses

by dpark 3mo ago

If you leave your ham sandwich in the office fridge for a single week, anyone is justified in throwing it away. The trouble is you think that you are in possession of a ham sandwich that Google is taking away when in reality you’ve left your ham sandwich in Google’s fridge and they are sick of storing the obviously-abandoned sandwich for you. See also: https://xkcd.com/1150/ https://xkcd.com/1150/

soraminazuki 3mo ago
Except it's just an excuse to make everyone surrender their phone numbers as one more way to tie people to their real identities. You try hard to paint one of the wealthiest companies in the world as some kind of victim, when in reality it's them that used Gmail as a trojan horse to make people create Google accounts so that they can spy on everyone online, and increasingly in the real world too. Also contrary to your insinuation that I'm an entitled jerk trying to rip off a trillion dollar company, I de-Googled a long time ago. Because I know they're the company that lets their clueless robots brand desperate parents trying to cure their children as child predators, punishes them by taking away the key to their entire digital lives, and worse, doubles down and continues to defame them when proven wrong [1]. But it's not fair to fault people who still depend on Google. Lack of informed consent, reinforced by dark patterns and justified with "user-friendliness" BS is what drew people in. Peer pressure also forces people to create accounts when they otherwise wouldn't have. I just have zero tolerance for corporate cheerleaders who justify this sort of thing by blaming the victim in the most condescending way possible. [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32538805 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32538805
- dpark 3mo ago
  > Except it's just an excuse to make everyone surrender their phone numbers “Why do you need this account you’ve abandoned for a year” is a different question than “why does Google need your phone number”. I have no doubt Google loves to collect phone numbers for several reasons, none of them altruistic. > contrary to your insinuation … I de-Googled a long time ago You’re grasping at stuff to be mad about. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generic_you https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generic_you > the most condescending way possible Every single reply you’ve made in this thread has been condescending and sarcastic. You’re projecting your self righteousness onto others.

by dpark 3mo ago

soraminazuki 3mo ago

Except it's just an excuse to make everyone surrender their phone numbers as one more way to tie people to their real identities. You try hard to paint one of the wealthiest companies in the world as some kind of victim, when in reality it's them that used Gmail as a trojan horse to make people create Google accounts so that they can spy on everyone online, and increasingly in the real world too. Also contrary to your insinuation that I'm an entitled jerk trying to rip off a trillion dollar company, I de-Googled a long time ago. Because I know they're the company that lets their clueless robots brand desperate parents trying to cure their children as child predators, punishes them by taking away the key to their entire digital lives, and worse, doubles down and continues to defame them when proven wrong [1]. But it's not fair to fault people who still depend on Google. Lack of informed consent, reinforced by dark patterns and justified with "user-friendliness" BS is what drew people in. Peer pressure also forces people to create accounts when they otherwise wouldn't have. I just have zero tolerance for corporate cheerleaders who justify this sort of thing by blaming the victim in the most condescending way possible. [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32538805 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32538805

dpark 3mo ago
> Except it's just an excuse to make everyone surrender their phone numbers “Why do you need this account you’ve abandoned for a year” is a different question than “why does Google need your phone number”. I have no doubt Google loves to collect phone numbers for several reasons, none of them altruistic. > contrary to your insinuation … I de-Googled a long time ago You’re grasping at stuff to be mad about. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generic_you https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generic_you > the most condescending way possible Every single reply you’ve made in this thread has been condescending and sarcastic. You’re projecting your self righteousness onto others.