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Google’s FLoC Is a Terrible Idea

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604 points wyldfire | 1 comments | 04 Mar 21 15:59 UTC | HN request time: 0.426s | source
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srswtf123 ◴[05 Mar 21 02:58 UTC] No.26351999[source]▶
There is no scenario in which Google should be trusted.

They’ve squandered that trust over the years. Frankly they should be broken up.

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inakarmacoma ◴[05 Mar 21 05:37 UTC] No.26353177[source]▶
Genuine, honest question. Are posts like this written by bot or bought propaganda? Nonspecific, knee-jerk overreaching generalizations, inspiring fear, uncertainty, and doubt. Who aims to gain, if it's the case? It's that incentive enough to warrant a smear campaign. I can't prove it. It just feels off. That's my hunch.
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1. srswtf123 ◴[05 Mar 21 16:59 UTC] No.26359073[source]▶
I'm reasonably certain I'm not a bot, and I'm 100% certain no one is paying me for my unpopular opinions.

So: who aims to gain from my comment? Well, if Google were to be broken up, and some amount of privacy restored to all of us, I'd say society would gain.

No one needs to mount a smear campaign against Google. Their own actions are damning enough.

Perhaps if you existed outside your karma coma, you'd see it. Perhaps if I existed outside the anger and rage that makes me comment as "srswtf123", I'd take your point of view. But I doubt it. That's my hunch.