@maccruiskeen@social.linux.pizza
Post #2658712
2026-03-25 14:36 UTC
@mariafarrell@mastodon.social Oh no, I didn't mean fair target, I meant the complaint was fair, since they would be the target. Though the 'we have to just give in to Google' attitude in the article doesn't exactly inspire sympathy. Google is powerful but not the whole world. They will take and give nothing back, so feeding them is in no one's interest.
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@mariafarrell@mastodon.social 2026-03-25 14:47
@maccruiskeen@social.linux.pizza ah, sorry, I get it! my misread. yes the whole 'it's now your job to do x' because google is doing y is pretty disgusting. It's not my 'job' to do for someone who's not paying me. I think that way so many tech journalists have of being all 'it's google's world and we just live in it' is a reflexive urge to sound 'positive' and give the reader a 'takeaway' they can use. it's just the bizarre emotional affect of those who cheerfully obey in advance.