Re:Ask HN: Google is confusing me with others in a harmful w...
by TomSwirly on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @11:11AM
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> this needs to hit the court
How would that do anything?
What sort of damages could you get for having a wrong photo up?
Google would simply run a delaying action with its lawyers for a few years, and then "concede", pay her a pittance, and then in the next rev of the search engine, the problem would simply re-appear, and she'd have to do it all over again for the rest of her life.
I worked at Google for five years. Here's how they think (as a corporation):
* Everything has to be completely automated with no human corrections.
* So some percentage of errors, even horrible errors, are expected.
* And it's completely unreasonable for anyone to expect otherwise.
* So one of their mistakes fucks up your life and you try to do something about it, you're the asshole.
How would that do anything?
What sort of damages could you get for having a wrong photo up?
Google would simply run a delaying action with its lawyers for a few years, and then "concede", pay her a pittance, and then in the next rev of the search engine, the problem would simply re-appear, and she'd have to do it all over again for the rest of her life.
I worked at Google for five years. Here's how they think (as a corporation):
* Everything has to be completely automated with no human corrections. * So some percentage of errors, even horrible errors, are expected. * And it's completely unreasonable for anyone to expect otherwise. * So one of their mistakes fucks up your life and you try to do something about it, you're the asshole.