Google memes itself with an admission of spying on customers via a new ad on reddit! : privacy

[+] random65837@lemmy.world 76 points 1 year ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

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[-] 404@lemmy.zip 28 points 1 year ago

Question still stands: who tf greenlit this? No chance they don't know the other connotations

[+] random65837@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

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[-] ekky43@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

That just expands the question: do they not know about other countries?

Many of us have certain connotations with google, and while we know the game in our native language, it's not the first thing we think about when thinking "Google says: I spy".

[-] JungleJim@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

Probably why they published it in English and not your native language so you wouldn't be confused and think they meant it that way. Too bad somebody will always go the extra step to be offended.

[-] li10@feddit.uk 16 points 1 year ago

I thought it sounded really out of place still, but I guess it’s a reference to Cyberpunk’s expansion being stealth/spy based.

[-] CmdrShepard@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I am familiar with that and don't believe your take is accurate. When asking this question, it's followed with a description of the thing you spy.

"I spy... do you?" is the text of the ad and the text following that doesn't make it make any more sense either, "Game more than you thought you could."

[-] jacktherippah@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Still funny though.

[-] Denatured@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

I assume you’re not in the US and not familiar with that?

No, other side of the world. No, not familiar with that.

[-] Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's a very common game here, especially for children (and has been for decades)... Here's an example https://youtu.be/8N2Ha1FuBr4?si=XN9QeSYPrg1JzBuR

It's very similar to where is Waldo if you've heard of that, except "Waldo" can be anything the person who's running the game wants it to be.

[-] Denatured@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Thx for showing me that. I had no idea. Still to me, someone who lives on the other side of the world opposite of America, to see the phrase "I spy... Do you..." From Google felt a lot like, well, my post says it all.

Appreciate you educating me on that.

[-] Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 2 points 1 year ago

All good, culture is weird. Definitely a strange reference by Google to begin with

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[-] ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml 22 points 1 year ago

Are they trying to relate themselves to the cyberpunk corps? Who tf greenlit this

[-] Denatured@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

I know right. Like wtf.

[-] Sentrovasi@kbin.social 15 points 1 year ago

I (charitably) think the fact is that they may also have misunderstood Cyberpunk to be more about hacking than it actually is, and are using "spy" despite a lot of CP2077 not being necessarily about remote hacking cameras at all.

[-] indigojasper@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago

my bet is one of their bots made this and they don't even know this ad is out in the wild until someone brings it up

[-] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 10 points 1 year ago

Its either this or its not real. I cant believe a human would green light this unless this is their final task before taking a better job.

[-] privacybro@lemmy.ninja 4 points 1 year ago

the elites and corps have always done this sort of thing. if you rule over billions of retards wouldn't you also make fun?

[-] rob299@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Ever heard of the game i spy? and with that they are advertising gaming for a Chromebook. This may all just be a coincidence.

While these tech comapnies have people look at the how users might see phrases like "hey guys." Not sure how Google thought people wouldn't do the same to them with this. Chromebook's don't sell as well so this is the worst product to do the worst with for marketing, but at the same time maybe they really do think this and think they can get away with this meme because no one is really buying a Chromebook unless it's like for school work. (although I actually do use my personal Chromebook on the daily i'm in that small minority.)

[-] LastYearsPumpkin@feddit.ch 1 points 1 year ago

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[+] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 1 points 1 year ago

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[-] Wodge@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Cyberpunk 2077's expansion, Phantom Liberty, is a spy story. It's nothing to do with Google.

[+] Denatured@lemm.ee -3 points 1 year ago

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[+] Seudo@lemmy.world -17 points 1 year ago

Okay... And if you stand by your morals, more power to you. For me, it's a worthwhile trade forfeiting my data (usually anonymised anyways) for the convenience of their free services.

I'm not ignorant. Any one who isn't aware of where G's revenue comes from has been living under a rock. The choice is clear, and if Google is making that even more obvious, I think that's a good thing.

Keep fighting the good fight, but the majority of us will keep using google because these *exclusive scoops shouldn't be a revelation to anyone.

[-] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago

What services do they even provide these days that you can't get better elsewhere? Worst browser these days, the search has gone completely to shit and all their web apps are dated and stale compared to alternatives.

[-] Denatured@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Exactly!

[-] privacybro@lemmy.ninja 4 points 1 year ago

found the fed lol. your post reads like a CIA commissioned propaganda pamphlet

[-] reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

https://lemm.ee/comment/6088169

What's wild is there seems to be a contingent on lemmy that goes into posts like this just to say "who cares that they harvest all your data?"

[-] privacybro@lemmy.ninja 1 points 1 year ago

exactly. yet somehow they are in a privacy group. green vibes.

[-] Solumbran@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

"I am not ignorant"

That would have been the less insulting explanation.

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