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[–] errer@lemmy.world 73 points 5 months ago (5 children)

Reid characterized the mistakes that won attention as the result of an internet-wide audit that wasn’t always well intended.

Oh yeah, there was a conspiracy to embarrass Google with off-the-wall questions like “how do I thicken pizza sauce?”

Why are these corporate schmucks unable to take any blame?

[–] BakerBagel@midwest.social 25 points 5 months ago

No audit is well intended. The whole ppint of an audit is to find duplicitous and fucked up shit.

[–] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 21 points 5 months ago

Why are these corporate schmucks unable to take any blame?

Because they never have to.

[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 13 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It wasn't us, it was the people who used it who really caused the failure.

[–] applepie@kbin.social 9 points 5 months ago

Ungrateful fucking peasants are not recognizing greatness?!!?

[–] OpenStars@discuss.online 10 points 5 months ago

Sadly, b/c their jobs literally depend on them NOT doing so, in today's corporate hellscape environ:-(.

[–] nix@midwest.social 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

If Chromebooks are anything to go by, if google had their way you'd only be allowed to search prescreened questions they think are best for you. Can't have you experiencing anything not advertiser friendly.