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
    795·
    11 months 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·
      11 months ago

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

      • random65837@lemmy.world
        242·
        11 months ago

        I highly doubt they’re worried about less than the 1% not seeing the obvious meaning of what they said. They’re marketing to the masses, which would very much know and pick up on the “I spy” thing.

        • ekky43@lemmy.dbzer0.com
          43·
          11 months ago

          That just expands the question: do they not know about other countries?

          Many of us have certain connotations with google, and while we know the game in our native language, it’s not the first thing we think about when thinking “Google says: I spy”.

          • JungleJim@sh.itjust.works
            61·
            11 months ago

            Probably why they published it in English and not your native language so you wouldn’t be confused and think they meant it that way. Too bad somebody will always go the extra step to be offended.

    • li10@feddit.ukEnglish
      15·
      11 months 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·
      11 months 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·
      11 months 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.