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Krass as fuck. Really deeply irritated by Google deciding to sully their product by associating with scumbags like Nestle: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nestle#Controv

by nemof 13y ago

Krass as fuck. Really deeply irritated by Google deciding to sully their product by associating with scumbags like Nestle: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nestle#Controversy_and_criticism Please excuse my sweariness but I am somewhat put out. Also, KitKats taste like shit.

fwr 13y ago
Peter Brabeck (then CEO of Nestlé) on free drinking water: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyAzxmN2s0w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyAzxmN2s0w I don't see why his viewpoint causes so much controversy - from an entepreneurial standpoint, which should be welcomed here - you can't deny him credit for rationality.
crushingithard 13y ago
As I see it, KitKat is lowering their brand by associating with Android. Nestle doesn't provide the NSA with location data of where I'm eating candy. Besides, KitKats are baller.
- saraid216 13y ago
  Actually, each KitKat bar contains a radioactive isotope that's compared with the chemical traces left on your fingers after handling coins and paper money to uniquely identify you. So while you're right that Nestle doesn't provide the NSA with location data of where you're eating candy, they're actually providing the NSA with location data of where you go after eating candy. Such as the toilet.
tomkarlo 13y ago
Is the deal with Nestle, or Hershey's (which represents KitKat in the USA.) The Android.com/KitKat page points to http://www.hersheys.com/kitkat.aspx http://www.hersheys.com/kitkat.aspx, at least for me in the US.
- dagw 13y ago
  From Sweden it points directly at kitkat.com
- rsynnott 13y ago
  I assume with Nestle, the IP holder. Hershey's makes KitKats under license; I'd be amazed if they have the right to use the trademark any way they feel like as a part of that.
matmann2001 13y ago
http://i.imgur.com/qgOyoSR.jpg http://i.imgur.com/qgOyoSR.jpg
- nemof 13y ago
  I actually feel super proud!
engrenage 13y ago
Android has never been a premium brand - it's a lowest common denominator product. This is perfectly appropriate.

by nemof 13y ago

fwr 13y ago

Peter Brabeck (then CEO of Nestlé) on free drinking water: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyAzxmN2s0w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyAzxmN2s0w I don't see why his viewpoint causes so much controversy - from an entepreneurial standpoint, which should be welcomed here - you can't deny him credit for rationality.

crushingithard 13y ago

As I see it, KitKat is lowering their brand by associating with Android. Nestle doesn't provide the NSA with location data of where I'm eating candy. Besides, KitKats are baller.

saraid216 13y ago
Actually, each KitKat bar contains a radioactive isotope that's compared with the chemical traces left on your fingers after handling coins and paper money to uniquely identify you. So while you're right that Nestle doesn't provide the NSA with location data of where you're eating candy, they're actually providing the NSA with location data of where you go after eating candy. Such as the toilet.

tomkarlo 13y ago

Is the deal with Nestle, or Hershey's (which represents KitKat in the USA.) The Android.com/KitKat page points to http://www.hersheys.com/kitkat.aspx http://www.hersheys.com/kitkat.aspx, at least for me in the US.

dagw 13y ago
From Sweden it points directly at kitkat.com
rsynnott 13y ago
I assume with Nestle, the IP holder. Hershey's makes KitKats under license; I'd be amazed if they have the right to use the trademark any way they feel like as a part of that.

matmann2001 13y ago

http://i.imgur.com/qgOyoSR.jpg http://i.imgur.com/qgOyoSR.jpg

nemof 13y ago
I actually feel super proud!

engrenage 13y ago

Android has never been a premium brand - it's a lowest common denominator product. This is perfectly appropriate.