i don't want to offend anyone, but some open source/privacy enthusiasts dislike google, but why?? google has made chromium, android, etc and most of the things they do are open source, and not only that, they also support creative commons media or public domain. i know the privacy concernes they may have, but they would never do anything bad to you. i love google personally because of their commitment to open source software.

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[–] 32 points 2 years ago (2 children)

they will give incredibly private information to the highest bidder

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  • [+] [S] -39 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    i'm really sorry but that's not true!!

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  • [–] 31 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Why bother asking if you're not going to look it up and just say it's not true?

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  • [+] [S] -16 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    well, with all blog articles, not everything has to be taken literally, maybe sometimes it's just criticism or a misunderstanding. for example breaching user security, yes they did it, but for the safety of other people, so i'm sorry.

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I'm really sorry, but that IS true, check it out

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  • [–] -4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    lawsuit claims

    It's right in the title. So you claim it is true. I can also claim that you sell my personal data. Doesn't make it true.

    Let that lawsuit play out, and wait for the verdict.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago

    In 2019, Google agreed to pay $170 million to settle claims by the FTC and New York Attorney General that YouTube illegally collected personal information from children without their parents’ consent, the suit noted. Last year, a French high court upheld a 50 million Euro fine against Google over alleged failure to obtain users’ consent for using their data for ad targeting, the suit said.

    Many settled claims too.

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