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Google Tries to Defend Its Web Environment Integrity as Critics Slam It as Dangerous (techreport.com)
submitted 1 year ago by ruffsl to c/programming
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Attacks and doxing make me personally MORE likely to support stronger safety features in chromium, as such acts increase my suspicion that there is significant intimidation from criminals who are afraid this feature will disrupt their illegal and/or unethical businesses, and I don't give in to criminals or bullies

Kick a puppy
Get attacked for kicking a puppy
"These attacks make me MORE likely to keep kicking puppies, as I don't give in to intimidation from criminals and bullies that want healthy puppies for their nefarious ends."

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[–] [email protected] 76 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Analogies are inherently false equivalences.

It's illustrating the problem with the argument, not equating DRM technology with puppy kicking.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Though, for the record, this is one of the few situations where humanity would have been better off if Google had simply paid their web engineers to go out into the world and kick animals all day long instead.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Both support stronger safety features in chromium and criminals and bullies got equated to kicking puppies. That's why it's a shoddy attempt at illustrating their reasoning.