It’s a well-known fact that Google spies on users, which isn’t anything new. However, the fact that they are now using this as a reference in a marketing meme is insulting.

Google is now making jokes at customers expense, using memes for promotional ads on Reddit, and saying that they don’t care about you because they know people will still buy their ad-platform spyware products.

Well, I say 🖕Google! Your corporate capitalism greed gets another 🖕! Oh, and before I forget, 🖕too reddit.

Edit: removed mention of a certain country

  • random65837@lemmy.world
    815·
    1 year ago

    However, the fact that they are now using this as a reference in a marketing meme is insulting.

    Google is now making jokes at customers expense,

    Google sucks but they’re not doing either of those. You’re missing the point and using privacy minded thinking to misunderstand.

    Are you not familiar with the whole “I spy” thing? Ie: they see something you don’t see, they know something you don’t know?

    I assume you’re not in the US and not familiar with that?

    • 404@lemmy.zip
      335·
      1 year ago

      Question still stands: who tf greenlit this? No chance they don’t know the other connotations

    • li10@feddit.ukEnglish
      16·
      1 year ago

      I thought it sounded really out of place still, but I guess it’s a reference to Cyberpunk’s expansion being stealth/spy based.

    • CmdrShepard@lemmy.oneEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      I am familiar with that and don’t believe your take is accurate. When asking this question, it’s followed with a description of the thing you spy.

      “I spy… do you?” is the text of the ad and the text following that doesn’t make it make any more sense either, “Game more than you thought you could.”

    • Denatured@lemm.eeOP
      1·
      1 year ago

      I assume you’re not in the US and not familiar with that?

      No, other side of the world. No, not familiar with that.