Can't help but feel that if it were a similar prank pulled by Apple on Android, the comments wouldn't be half as forgiving.
Fanboyism aside, Apple does have a more serious image, so a similar prank would seem more like an attack than a playful jab.
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I simply can't believe that they are "working on getting it removed". If it was a problem they didn't want the whole world to know about, it would've been removed the second they were made aware of the issue.
Why would you expect every random employee to have the necessary access to expedite such a change? It's 5 AM in Mountain View, they probably have to get someone out of bed. Also, I imagine they would like to figure out where it came from, which may or may not complicate the removal, who knows.
Well, Google doesn't have office only in MV.
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#83Earlier quoted context omitted.
They're very common in Belgium (Western Europe) as well, though most people who use them have no idea of the origin. They just thinks it looks rebellious. I find those stickers extremely annoying, since they conflict with how I know and love the Calvin character.
Some of them are sort of funny, but others don't come even close (imo): peeing on speed limit signs (amount of deaths due to speeding is not laughable), peeing on the police (sure some minority migh be assholes but the majority I have met really do want to help people - and yeah they also enforce speed limits which, even though I completely understand how nice it feels to go insanely fast, are there for a reason) etc…
I most commonly see them on cars with aftermarket modifications (tuning cars), which is in line with your speed limit/police hatred connection.
Re: Android Is Peeing on an Apple in Pakistan - Google Maps
#84media: http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/apr/24/google-map... http://thenextweb.com/google/2015/04/24/theres-an-android-pe... http://mashable.com/2015/04/24/android-bot-peeing-on-apple-l... "Update: A Google spokesperson got back to us, explaining that the image is likely a result of a user abusing Map Maker, the tool that allows everyone to contribute to Google Maps. "Even though edits are moderated, occasi…
I simply can't believe that they are "working on getting it removed". If it was a problem they didn't want the whole world to know about, it would've been removed the second they were made aware of the issue.
Have you ever worked for a large company before? There's nothing management loves more than access controls. There are whole software products available, like Confluence, that do nothing but take good open source offerings like various wikis and make it so management has to set permissions for every user for every page to do anything at all. Then whenever you need to make a change it takes a week of meetings to get edit permission for the needed page...
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#85Earlier quoted context omitted.
One can only hope that if this was intentionally done by an employee, they would be punished and possibly let go. This sort of thing is childish, unnecessary, and has no place in a professional organization. Quasi-related: http://jenmylo.com/2015/03/23/defending-drupal/
The White House responded to comments and inquiries with funny gifs. Now some random google employee can't put one measly harmless little easter egg somewhere in their product that says "Hah, take that, Competitor!"? We need to fire _all_ the videogame designers then. All of them. Across the entire industry.
Apple has also taken a stab at Microsoft before:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2070/1806100984_b0bedbf10c.jp...
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#86Earlier quoted context omitted.
What's wrong with a little bit of fun? Who's getting harmed here? How could this possibly have offended you enough that you'd hope someone would get fired over it?
It's not a matter of me being offended (I'm not), I would just hope the company I worked for wouldn't stand for something as vulgar, primitive, and blatantly aggressive toward a competitor as this in a public, flagship product.
It's just a doodle with an insulting theme that is as old as humanity. Vulgar, primitive and blatantly aggressive are words I would rather complain about in advertising or patent lawsuits.
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#87Can't help but feel that if it were a similar prank pulled by Apple on Android, the comments wouldn't be half as forgiving.
It is more appropriate for the Android demographic.
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#88Fantastic. Appletards got rekt
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#89Don't use OpenStreetMap they said, anyone can edit that and vandalised it they said, it will be full of errors and inaccuracies they said.
Something similar happened when a Google Street View image of a chap being 'seen to' by a prostitute soared in popularity a few years ago in my home town. The name of the street was, for a few hours, known as 'handjob ally'.
Was this the one in Manchester city centre by any chance?
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#90Can't help but feel that if it were a similar prank pulled by Apple on Android, the comments wouldn't be half as forgiving.
Apple Maps is user moderated too, right?
Though my excuse at least is that "Apple is known for their massive review process and locking down of everything - this can only be intentional" if it was Apple.
It's more an expectation from the company - I wouldn't even be fully surprised if it was a cheeky Google employee who did it. Would probably get laughs as PR frowns and makes the map team remove it.
If it was an Apple employee? Beheaded.