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When the choice is between 1. "avoid tarnishing my own brand" and 2. "doing what the user requested," corporations will always choose option 1. Who is this software supposed to be serving, anyway?

I'm surprised MS Office still allows me to type "Microsoft can go suck a dick" into a document and Apple's Pages app still allows me to type "Apple are hypocritical jerks." I wonder how long until that won't be the case...



But so often these tools are used in a way that the user didn't explicitly request, like summarising notifications, or generating slideshows from your photo library.


> I wonder how long until that won't be the case...

when there's no more alternative word processors any more.




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