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Pannoniae ◴[] No.36882314[source]
There is zero point debating this in technical detail because the proposal itself is evil. Don't get distracted by tone policing and how they scream you must be civil and whatnot.

Our best hope is kicking up a huge fuss so legislators and media will notice, so Google will be under pressure. It won't make them cancel the feature but don't forget to remember that they aren't above anti-trust law. There is a significant chance that some competition authority will step in if the issue doesn't die down. Our job is to make sure it won't be forgotten really quickly.

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rezonant ◴[] No.36882382[source]
Yes, we need to protest. And I don't mean protest by slamming Google's github repositories with comments. That's not a protest. Go tell the media. Go tell your elected officials.

I also think web developers getting together like we did with SOPA/PIPA and raising awareness on our web properties can also help. How do we organize that?

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1. bloopernova ◴[] No.36882582[source]
Also protest by stopping use of google products.
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2. benatkin ◴[] No.36882648[source]
Use Rumble instead of YouTube? Even if it's more ethical, do I want to see Russell Brand and Jim Jordan on the home page?

Edit: Ah, here's something about it from a degoogling perspective: https://www.reddit.com/r/degoogle/comments/x1610t/what_are_y...

3. beebmam ◴[] No.36882691[source]
Boycott 100%.