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Re:Google hid evidence by training workers to avoid words mo... by salawat on Friday September 15, 2023 @12:31AM (#37518456)
No. It's really simple. Don't do those things. It's really that easy. It isn't hard. If you don't go out of your to make it so a competitor cannot emerge, you're fine.

The only time employees will even utter that type of language is when that language accurately conveys what you're doing. In which case, it's time to dial back. Not double down by kindly reminding them not to use terms because golly gee, thems monopolists words and we're not that golly gee, no sir.

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Re:Google hid evidence by training workers to avoid words mo... by Jiro on Friday September 15, 2023 @01:29AM (#37518839)
>The only time employees will even utter that type of language is when that language accurately conveys what you're doing.

You are describing robots, not human beings.

Actual people speak imprecisely all the time.

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Re:Google hid evidence by training workers to avoid words mo... by salawat on Friday September 15, 2023 @04:39AM (#37520159)
I'm really not. The only time in my life I ever read through any corporate material and was left with the words "wow, that's anti-competitive af" is pretty much only when dealing with companies that within 5 years, had anti-trust actions started against them.

It is not difficult to avoid unless you set out to do it in the first place.

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