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As I pointed out in the previous discussion, your smartphone, whatever the brand, almost certainly has metals mined or processed by children in dangerous and un

by ig1 13y ago

As I pointed out in the previous discussion, your smartphone, whatever the brand, almost certainly has metals mined or processed by children in dangerous and unhealthy work environments. That has a much bigger impact on child health than some tenuous three degrees of separation link of a marketing partnership.

dylangs1030 13y ago
Yeah...seriously. I expect some people will take offense to this, but here it goes: So what? If this contrived issue that Google may face is now considered a serious matter, then I guess everything is off limits. "Hey Tom, what should we name our new operating system?" "I don't know, how about 'daring diamond' - it's got alliteration, and everybody loves diamonds." "Mmmm...nope, sorry, that whole blood diamonds thing...don't want to risk that!" Google isn't making a statement supporting Nestle's practices in other countries. They're not saying people are silly for boycotting the product. This is really just hypersensitive. I'm not saying you shouldn't boycott Nestle. But KitKat is a fantastic name. It's not a loaded word. If you stopped people on the street and asked them what they thought about it, they'd probably say, "Hey, those give me a break commercials?" not "Hey, I boycott Nestle! Screw those bastards." It's a cute name that has alliteration and is well known. I mean...come on. Criticize Google for something substantial, not because they named an operating system after a delicious chocolate treat marginally related to some controversy. If you're going to criticize Android, go the whole hog and do it with something that actually matters.
- michaelgrafl 13y ago
  There's a difference between simply calling your OS KitKat and actually partnering up with Nestle when you do it.
- AndrewDucker 13y ago
  If you stopped people on the street and asked them what they thought about it, they'd probably say, "Hey, those give me a break commercials?" not "Hey, I boycott Nestle! Screw those bastards." Clearly _some_ people think the latter. And those are the people who are causing a fuss right now.

by ig1 13y ago

dylangs1030 13y ago

Yeah...seriously. I expect some people will take offense to this, but here it goes: So what? If this contrived issue that Google may face is now considered a serious matter, then I guess everything is off limits. "Hey Tom, what should we name our new operating system?" "I don't know, how about 'daring diamond' - it's got alliteration, and everybody loves diamonds." "Mmmm...nope, sorry, that whole blood diamonds thing...don't want to risk that!" Google isn't making a statement supporting Nestle's practices in other countries. They're not saying people are silly for boycotting the product. This is really just hypersensitive. I'm not saying you shouldn't boycott Nestle. But KitKat is a fantastic name. It's not a loaded word. If you stopped people on the street and asked them what they thought about it, they'd probably say, "Hey, those give me a break commercials?" not "Hey, I boycott Nestle! Screw those bastards." It's a cute name that has alliteration and is well known. I mean...come on. Criticize Google for something substantial, not because they named an operating system after a delicious chocolate treat marginally related to some controversy. If you're going to criticize Android, go the whole hog and do it with something that actually matters.

michaelgrafl 13y ago
There's a difference between simply calling your OS KitKat and actually partnering up with Nestle when you do it.
AndrewDucker 13y ago
If you stopped people on the street and asked them what they thought about it, they'd probably say, "Hey, those give me a break commercials?" not "Hey, I boycott Nestle! Screw those bastards." Clearly _some_ people think the latter. And those are the people who are causing a fuss right now.