Google said that such negative reviews, unrelated to the actual business, “violates” its policies, and hence have been removed.
Fuck McDonalds, fuck Google. Got it.
Hey, I was already there!
All this convenience in tech. We never stopped to ask ourselves what we were giving up. Add protest to the list of sacrifices to the altar of affluence.
I was enthusiastic over tech then and I did stop, I did also tell these things to my classmates and friends, and was treated as some mix of nerd and luddite simultaneously, if you can believe that.
The Luddite - An anticapitalist Tech blog helped me understand why these seemingly contradictory worldviews don’t necessarily have to be–its a matter of what and for whom technology has been put to use.
As an example, Louis Pasteur gave away his patent for the good of medicine. It sounds almost impossible to believe against the modern backdrop of pharmaceutical companies that don’t even want to develop cures, they want “subscription” customers.
People have been trained now that since no one watches out for them they have to take their pound of flesh however it can be gotten–this is what stands out to people when they talk about societal decay, selfishness and anomie but it can be difficult to put ones finger on without understanding the workings of the machine.
For me it seems that in our childhood and dreams we can fit bigger things in our mind.
Such as that sometimes no one watches out for you and sometimes someone does, and there’s no bigger secret. It’s just this.
If the only form of protest we have is virtual and based on stars and upvotes, then we are doing it very, very wrong
How is spreading lies about a company on a review platform a “protest”?
Surely if there was something to protest about, it would be about things that company had actually done, right?
They do this for every business that gets review bombed. I don’t know what’s the big surprise there.
In fact, if you use Google maps, you yourself agreed to Not do this kind of behavior in the TOS.
This has been causal in the past for directly suspending Gmail accounts
This is expected for non-legitimate reviews.
they did this when TikTok was review-bombed on Play Store a few years back. tas long as they make the rules, we can’t beat them at their own game
I’m guessing they are very specific as to which terms have been violated in their decision to remove.
Oops
Why blame a business for the actions of one person?
Because they are glorified the guy who did the crime and blaming that McDonald’s for snitching and getting him caught.
America is wild, next time you see a wanted person, don’t call the police…
Probably the same people that fantasizing about the* murder.
