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Re:Google deletes “communist bandits” from comments on Youtube by root_axis on Monday May 18, 2020 @01:57PM (#23225947)
The suggestion that google search is comparable to water and electricity is absurd IMO. Google search is not needed to survive. There are also alternatives to google. Nothing about google's popularity precludes someone from using bing.com instead.
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Re:Google deletes “communist bandits” from comments on Youtube by pirocks on Monday May 18, 2020 @07:39PM (#23229677)
Electricity is also not needed to survive. Depends on your definition of need.
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Re:Google deletes “communist bandits” from comments on Youtube by root_axis on Monday May 18, 2020 @08:08PM (#23229860)
Not everyone needs it to survive, but many do. It is needed to survive if you live in a climate that gets very cold or very hot. It's needed to survive if you rely on medical equipment powered by electricity. It's needed to survive if you rely on a refrigerator to store food. Of course needs are on a spectrum, but its frustratingly disingenuous to suggest that google.com is comparable to electricity in terms of need, it's obviously not.
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