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Re:EU launches probe into Google-Fitbit takeover by amxkLA on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @04:52PM (#24054381)
Of course this is terrible. Adults are being increasingly ordered around by devices and get grades from Google, insurers, banks and probably the government if things continue in this manner.

The industry in Europe pushes for adults being treated like schoolchildren. In Germany the polite form "Sie" (you) is universally replaced by "du" (thou), which formerly was reserved for children and friends.

Websites are infantilising people with their cuddly pre-school logos and childlike names.

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Re:EU launches probe into Google-Fitbit takeover by 2936292527394 on Wednesday August 05, 2020 @04:35PM (#24065278)
I don't see it, "adults being treated like schoolchildren" seems melodramatic when it could just as easily be called precision insurance. Why should the customers who go out of their way to maintain a healthy lifestyle have to pay the same rate as the ones who just watch streams and game all day?
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