Valuy@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoGoogle requests permission to release 32m mosquitoes in California and Floridawww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square40linkfedilinkarrow-up146arrow-down11
arrow-up145arrow-down1external-linkGoogle requests permission to release 32m mosquitoes in California and Floridawww.theguardian.comValuy@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square40linkfedilink
minus-squareFredselfish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoWe sure? Do we want to trust Google with this? Why is Google involved at all. Feel a conspiracy with this.
minus-squareedible_funk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoI do not trust Google with this. If there’s any way this could ever be possibly weaponized it will be. Best case scenario it’s another wildly successful google product that they straight up abandon for no reason after like 3 years.
minus-squarethanksforallthefish@literature.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·2 months agoCynicism about anything evil corp does is well founded, but this has actually has a solid basis. I assume they do it for reputation-washing -> look at this one good thing we do and ignore all the other evil stuff
We sure? Do we want to trust Google with this? Why is Google involved at all. Feel a conspiracy with this.
I do not trust Google with this. If there’s any way this could ever be possibly weaponized it will be. Best case scenario it’s another wildly successful google product that they straight up abandon for no reason after like 3 years.
Cynicism about anything evil corp does is well founded, but this has actually has a solid basis.
I assume they do it for reputation-washing -> look at this one good thing we do and ignore all the other evil stuff