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Re:Google have declared Droidscript is malware by ncmncm on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @08:34PM (#26963948)
We all know what it means because we are familiar with numerous other cases of such dissembling. That does not make it any less dishonest; it just means they are members of a big, dishonest club.
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Re:Google have declared Droidscript is malware by tshaddox on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @08:41PM (#26963994)
It’s not dishonest when it’s how everyone uses language and how everyone else understands the language.
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Re:Google have declared Droidscript is malware by Quekid5 on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @09:44PM (#26964405)
This is how corporations use language. It's about "optics".

I'd personally call it an 'absuse' or 'misuse' or... 'misleading use' of language, but you do you.

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Re:Google have declared Droidscript is malware by ncmncm on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @09:02PM (#26964130)
It is not how everyone uses language. I do not use language that way. If you used language that way, you would be dishonest. It is how dishonest corporations use language.

That we are aware they are dishonest does not make them less so.

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Re:Google have declared Droidscript is malware by tshaddox on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @09:04PM (#26964146)
It’s not dishonest because it is language used with a certain intended meaning and that intended meaning is clear to everyone including the people complaining about it. That’s precisely what normal, honest usage of language is: you have an intended meaning and you effectively convey the intended meaning.
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Re:Google have declared Droidscript is malware by ncmncm on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @11:40PM (#26965288)
Brazen lying does convey an intended meaning; an action that speaks louder than words, it always conveys the same meaning: "You're a fucking peasant who has to take what you get."

Sometimes that's true. Most times they hope you will believe it's true. Many people have been trained to believe it, true or not.

A business concerned you may take your custom elsewhere will not insult you this way. It is the mark of a monopolist or a crook.

I will make a point of remembering your relationship with truth.

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Re:Google have declared Droidscript is malware by krageon on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @09:25AM (#26969052)
> It is the mark of a monopolist or a crook.

It could just be that they know every other option will treat you in the same shitty way. I suppose you could stick that under 'crook'.

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