No, Google does not get the benefit of the doubt. They've spent a decade+ squandering it at every opportunity.
The backlash against their DRM proposal is 100% warranted - it doesn't matter whether you think that people got some 'details' or 'nuance' wrong.
(Also, watch Google "backpedaling" and changing the proposal to only be *half* as evil as it is today, and presenting that as "listening to your concerns" while still fucking people over)
@joepie91 It also requires doubt. Google has given us no reason to doubt that they'll do as much as possible to harm everyone with any tools at their disposal.
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And corporations are not people. I dont care what the United States Government says. If it were you could imprison them for their crimes.
@joepie91 It says something that they had a subscription service that you could pay for that would remove ads they serve and then they killed it.
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nobody got the 'details' or 'nuance' wrong
they got it exactly right
and the Dunning Kruger techbros are all :SurprisedPikachu: to find out the sheep aren't as stupid and malleable as they thought when they were high fiving each other over the foozball table
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You can't beat a good old trial balloon for when you need to gauge just how much shit people *will* tolerate. And then you say "we are listening" and you back it off juuuust a bit and the rubes thank you.
"The benefit of the doubt" is for people (people!) who have given you no other reason to distrust them. Google is the literal opposite of that.