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> Just say "Yes", Google. Just say fucking "Yes". It's not that fucking hard to say fucking "Yes". Do you really need a "yes" there? I think it is pretty norma
by mahouse 12y ago
> Just say "Yes", Google. Just say fucking "Yes". It's not that fucking hard to say fucking "Yes".
Do you really need a "yes" there? I think it is pretty normal to have a stupid PR response there -- of course the answer is "yes". There is no other way.
- ethanbond 12y agoThen why have it on the FAQ?
- mahouse 12y agoAgain, for PR reasons.
- yellowapple 12y agoMy point is that Google, of all companies, should be grown-up-enough to be able to resist the temptation to feed its users PR non-answers. Google's supposed to be bucking trends, "Do[ing] No Evil(TM)", etc.; they've set a higher standard and they're not meeting it.
- ForHackernews 12y agoC'mon, "Do[ing] No Evil(TM)" is itself a PR non-answer to explain why we shouldn't be worried about their dangerous centralization of data and infrastructure.
- RyJones 12y agoAt Microsoft (and I'm sure at Google), there was an internal "rude FAQ" that was full of these answers. I felt it a shame we couldn't just publish that, instead.
- bluedino 12y agoThat Google is long gone.
- Dylan16807 12y agoWell the real question is "Does it increase radio power usage more than a couple percent?", not whether it literally takes a single joule. Also the answer could be no! Transferring to a better connection can let you run the radio at lower power.