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Re:Apple, Google ban location tracking in apps using their c... by randomchars on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @03:23AM (#23077393)
It's nice to have some people like you, but a significant amount of public servants I encountered visibly took pressure in making the life of other's miserable, and the processes as convoluted as possible.
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Re:Apple, Google ban location tracking in apps using their c... by Larrikin on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @04:28AM (#23077775)
Some people in government want the government to succeed and make people's lives better. Some people in government want the government to fail in all ways besides keeping them and the people they like safe so they can personally benefit and pocket the tax savings on top.
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Re:Apple, Google ban location tracking in apps using their c... by andrekandre on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @06:43AM (#23078543)
> Some people in government want the government to fail in all ways besides keeping them and the people they like safe so they can personally benefit and pocket the tax savings on top.

and its much easier to make something fail than it is to succeed, which is why voting for (and keeping) the right people is so importamt

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Re:Apple, Google ban location tracking in apps using their c... by 72deluxe on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @05:14AM (#23078041)
Were they aware that the process was convoluted, or did they simply not realise how obtuse they were making it?

I have worked with people who "designed" terrible systems or couldn't see that a system would never work, yet still attempted to operate it. It was like they were unaware of the dysfunctional state of it, yet it had to exist because their job was to "design".

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