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Re:Google Maps won't let you save home address without allow... by TheArcane on Wednesday September 26, 2018 @05:56AM (#18074371)
> they were going to become an AI-first company these sort of drastic data-grabs

I'm appalled every time I'm asked to train Google's object detection networks in the guise of solving a captcha.

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Re:Google Maps won't let you save home address without allow... by mattkevan on Wednesday September 26, 2018 @08:15AM (#18075087)
Agreed. I didn't mind ReCaptcha when it was helping digitise books because it felt like there was some kind of social benefit beyond padding Google's bottom line (even if that wasn't actually true).

But now when I'm asked to select all the squares containing road signs or storefronts or whatever it feels like I'm being forced to work for Google for free just so I can go about my day.

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