Google's software mistreats or harms the user

Re:Google's software mistreats or harms the user by scblock on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @01:06PM (#20749286)

Absolutely this. There are real issues worth real discussion, both on this post and their related Apple post. But these are the posts of a conspiracy theorist instead; they don't enable any sort of rational discussion.

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Re:Google's software mistreats or harms the user by TeMPOraL on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @01:19PM (#20749449)

How is that? All the claims are strictly true. They just carry a moral judgement some people disagree with, and most people don't care about. It's not a conspiracy theory, it's enumeration of facts.

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Re:Google's software mistreats or harms the user by CobrastanJorji on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @03:14PM (#20750833)

There are facts in here, but they're very selective facts.

For example, in the "Sabotage" section, it describes how by turning off a server, Google turned a device "into a $300 out-of-warranty brick."

Now, it is a fact that the device did cost $300 and it was out-of-warranty, but pointing out that the device is out of warranty without also pointing out that Google offered full refunds for all of the devices is deceptive wording.

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Re:Google's software mistreats or harms the user by mikejb on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @03:21PM (#20750904)

> All the claims are strictly true. They just carry a moral judgement some people disagree with, and most people don't care about.

This is a poor standard. For example:

> Kim Jong-un is an elected leader

It's technically correct, but it does not provide any useful information, and could be classified as heavily misleading. But hey, technically it's true!

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Re:Google's software mistreats or harms the user by lazyasciiart on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @03:11PM (#20750806)

It is an incomplete enumeration of facts which presents a biased picture. This is not some kind of novel technique, it's been around for a long time under the name "lying by omission".

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Re:Google's software mistreats or harms the user by jcranberry on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @05:15PM (#20752243)

Facts can be used to deceive or manipulate. It's called cherry picking. The post is guilty of it.

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Re:Google's software mistreats or harms the user by mda on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @07:02PM (#20753128)

Except that most items are basically horseshit. I am appalled by the FSF's standards.

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