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Re: Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro

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Post by seoulmetro »

christophilus wrote: post #318
eric_b wrote: post #89

This will get downvoted immediately but what the heck. I understand we need better representation for people of color in many places - but dang Google, not a single white guy on the Pixel 6 page [0]?? Dozens of photos of people, not one white male. Sort of jarring in the reverse if you ask me. [0] https://store.google.com/product/pixel_6?hl=en-US Edit: Because the common reply to mine seems to be "Well now you know h…

I don't know what you're talking about. This guy[0] looks white to me. As does this guy[1]. I'm white, and those guys look like they could be my brothers. [0] https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/DPnlGlqAvyUh51bNizF0EIC6Pk... [1] https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/s6bCli03aqnY_KvZoPaTgiFqCj...

Funny enough. These images don't show for me when loading on a PC. They're outside the "content view" for the page. Resizing removes the first image altogether. The second image isn't even a portrait.

They're literally sidelining diversity ahahh.

Re: Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro

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Post by seoulmetro »

wffurr wrote: post #116
eric_b wrote: post #89

This will get downvoted immediately but what the heck. I understand we need better representation for people of color in many places - but dang Google, not a single white guy on the Pixel 6 page [0]?? Dozens of photos of people, not one white male. Sort of jarring in the reverse if you ask me. [0] https://store.google.com/product/pixel_6?hl=en-US Edit: Because the common reply to mine seems to be "Well now you know h…

How interesting that this clearly made made you uncomfortable. I imagine it's similar to how people of color feel when seeing seas of white faces on product pages past.

Yes. I bet they would feel like that if they weren't a minority.

That's the point.

Re: Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro

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Post by seoulmetro »

eklavya wrote: post #177
seneca wrote: post #149

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I imagine it's similar to how people of color feel when seeing seas of white faces on product pages past. This is an American company. The US is largely white. A product page for an Indian company wouldn't shock anyone by primarily including Indian faces.

Even though I agree with your sentiment, you would be surprised just how many ads in India include foreigners (all white) exclusively, it’s fucking ridiculous :D What’s frustrating is that almost nobody cares or is frustrated by it :D

That's because white skin and white foreigners are actually put on a faux pedestal in Asia.

Nothing to do with diversity.

Re: Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro

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Post by seoulmetro »

y4mi wrote: post #141
eric_b wrote: post #89

This will get downvoted immediately but what the heck. I understand we need better representation for people of color in many places - but dang Google, not a single white guy on the Pixel 6 page [0]?? Dozens of photos of people, not one white male. Sort of jarring in the reverse if you ask me. [0] https://store.google.com/product/pixel_6?hl=en-US Edit: Because the common reply to mine seems to be "Well now you know h…

I'm amazed you even noticed. going through it some look pretty white though. ill be the first to admit that i'm not particularly good at classifying people, but this one in particularly looked like a white male https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/s6bCli03aqnY_KvZoPaTgiFqCj...

It's extremely easy to notice. I'm surprised you didn't. It's heavily forced.

Re: Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro

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Post by seoulmetro »

onion2k wrote: post #354
eric_b wrote: post #89

This will get downvoted immediately but what the heck. I understand we need better representation for people of color in many places - but dang Google, not a single white guy on the Pixel 6 page [0]?? Dozens of photos of people, not one white male. Sort of jarring in the reverse if you ask me. [0] https://store.google.com/product/pixel_6?hl=en-US Edit: Because the common reply to mine seems to be "Well now you know h…

This is the price we pay for our history. You might think it's unfair, and you might think equal numbers would be better, but given how shit the entire marketing industry has been to non-whites for decades maybe it's not completely unreasonable to swing to the other extreme for a while.

No it's not. Please don't spit these extremist lies. We can move forward together NOW. There is no need to destroy the present to make up for the past.

Re: Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro

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Post by seoulmetro »

benlivengood wrote: post #364
eric_b wrote: post #89

This will get downvoted immediately but what the heck. I understand we need better representation for people of color in many places - but dang Google, not a single white guy on the Pixel 6 page [0]?? Dozens of photos of people, not one white male. Sort of jarring in the reverse if you ask me. [0] https://store.google.com/product/pixel_6?hl=en-US Edit: Because the common reply to mine seems to be "Well now you know h…

Practically, there are more races and nationalities than there are people in most advertisements. Once in a while white men (like me) will get left out in a fair process for choosing models.

Practically you wouldn't miss 30-40% of your market unless you were doing it for another reason.

Re: Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro

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Post by seoulmetro »

0xebc wrote: post #319
eric_b wrote: post #89

This will get downvoted immediately but what the heck. I understand we need better representation for people of color in many places - but dang Google, not a single white guy on the Pixel 6 page [0]?? Dozens of photos of people, not one white male. Sort of jarring in the reverse if you ask me. [0] https://store.google.com/product/pixel_6?hl=en-US Edit: Because the common reply to mine seems to be "Well now you know h…

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Re: Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro

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Post by ncr100 »

rumblerock wrote: post #333
DCKing wrote: post #20

Thanks Google. Think I’ll be buying this. I want as little to do with Google’s services as possible in my life, but they really deserve credits for making a modern usable smartphone that is reasonably open. There is just one single feature I will be buying this for - the 5 years of software updates. While good image processing is definitely a pro, all of these software you’re presenting features I really don’t give a…

As a former Pixel user that switched because I broke the phone and had an extra iPhone in the family, there are a number of reasons I'm heavily considering switching back (had been an Android user since 2009). 1. Spam call screening is nonexistent on the iPhone, and T-Mobile's blocker still lets a ton of them through. In my prior experience Google did a much better job in this department. It would be nice to pick up…

For 1, and 2 my individual (single data point!) experience through all versions of the Pixel have been great.

I've been saddened that Google keeps the Spam filtration feature locked to the Pixel devices. It is a KILLER FEATURE.

And for STT - that "just works" 95% of my time that I use it with common vocabulary.

The hardware has failed me a couple of times - sudden battery failure, and battery cable tearing with a reasonable, slight fall - though so consider one of the warranty options.

Re: Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro

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Post by seoulmetro »

1_player wrote: post #166
seneca wrote: post #144

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It really has gotten incredibly heavy handed. Their entire marketing campaign for this phone seems to primarily focus on social engineering.

All big companies are adopting this kind of behaviour: show we're inclusive by having as few white heterosexual men as possible. We're still decades away from racial and sexual integration and equality.

Which is a shame since we were getting very close for a while there.

Re: Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro

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Post by [deleted] »

khqc wrote: post #210
eric_b wrote: post #135

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Your examples are hilarious and you can imagine how I missed those. Pretend all the photos were reversed, and those were the only two people of color on the whole page. Google would be (rightfully) chastised.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/vAkOJHbWYn9AvxSOmlHp_1VrzW... Does this meet your requirement?

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