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Re:Google Pixel 9 Pro by chimeracoder on Tuesday August 13, 2024 @04:07PM (#41239233)
> Just imagine, you are in a life or death scenario and your literal phone has a bug preventing you from calling help.

> All other issues are minor. I cannot forgive a bug of this nature.

Does that mean you will never use Verizon, AT&T, or T-Mobile, all of which have had carrier-wide 911 outages? Will you never visit the state of Massachusetts, which has a state-wide 911 outage, affecting all carriers, just six weeks ago?

This type of failure is bad, but it's unfortunately a lot more common than you think.

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Re:Google Pixel 9 Pro by eldaisfish on Tuesday August 13, 2024 @05:24PM (#41240015)
this is a bad faith response and you know it.
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Re:Google Pixel 9 Pro by Dylan16807 on Tuesday August 13, 2024 @06:27PM (#41240495)
It looks like a valid question to me. Obviously it's rhetorical, but it makes a reasonable point that the hard-line stance of "cannot forgive a bug of this nature" is probably not viable. These are not strawman examples, these are similarly horrible failures.
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