Re:Google, You Creepy Sonofabitch
by Chaebixi on Friday January 19, 2018 @11:26AM
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> You have paid 0 for the use of Google's servers and their software.
> unfortunately you aren't the customer, although you might feel differently and they've definitely marketed things in a misleading way.
That's a false distinction. I paid for the product, which includes the hardware and the software they decided to integrate. I'm their customer. However, Google will still try to trick me into shadow-working for them and give me no help when their system misbehaves, because they don't know how to deal with human user-customers.
Basically, not that "I'm not a customer" it's that Google treats its customers badly.
Re:Google, You Creepy Sonofabitch
by sbrm1 on Friday January 19, 2018 @09:34PM
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Actually, you didn't pay for the software. The open source parts of Android do not cost you anything, and the commercial components are free to use as long as you have a Google account.
> unfortunately you aren't the customer, although you might feel differently and they've definitely marketed things in a misleading way.
That's a false distinction. I paid for the product, which includes the hardware and the software they decided to integrate. I'm their customer. However, Google will still try to trick me into shadow-working for them and give me no help when their system misbehaves, because they don't know how to deal with human user-customers.
Basically, not that "I'm not a customer" it's that Google treats its customers badly.