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Re:European Court of Human Rights bans weakening of secure e... by matsemann on Wednesday February 14, 2024 @01:43PM (#39373497)
Facebook is just scams and intervenes with elections. Google is just privacy hell that sells your data for ads. Amazon is in the business of abusing its workers. Point being, it was asked for success. Not if people like the company or not.
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Re:European Court of Human Rights bans weakening of secure e... by ganieldackle on Wednesday February 14, 2024 @02:23PM (#39373988)
What an intellectually dishonest take comparing Candy Crush to US big tech. You should be embarrassed.
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Re:European Court of Human Rights bans weakening of secure e... by amarant on Wednesday February 14, 2024 @02:49PM (#39374317)
I mean, candy crush is the most downloaded mobile game ever, and it's income is measured in millions of dollars per DAY.

I don't much like it either, but it's popularity is difficult to deny.

By any objective measure, it's a successful company.

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Re:European Court of Human Rights bans weakening of secure e... by matsemann on Thursday February 15, 2024 @04:46AM (#39380801)
I wonder what's done more good for the world.
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Re:European Court of Human Rights bans weakening of secure e... by xvector on Wednesday February 14, 2024 @04:40PM (#39375880)
What a cynical interpretation. These companies have QoL for billions, directly and indirectly. You are just normalized to it now.

For some reason I don't see you blaming Cambridge Analytica - the actual company running the interference by exploiting APIs - for the interference itself.

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Re:European Court of Human Rights bans weakening of secure e... by matsemann on Thursday February 15, 2024 @04:46AM (#39380799)
Did the point go above your head? Because my point was that the EU companies mentioned also have earned money and been used by billions of people, no matter if the other commenter likes them or not.
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Re:European Court of Human Rights bans weakening of secure e... by pb7 on Wednesday February 14, 2024 @08:23PM (#39378009)
If we're going to be reducing to absurdity, Europe is a museum. No one is looking to it for the next big thing.
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