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girvotoday at 1:44 PM1 replyview on HN

The argument is that the scrutiny is in practice not sufficient, as usual in these cases.


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vkoutoday at 1:53 PM

The argument generally doesn't demonstrate that. The argument generally goes:

1. Google could do it.

2. <This space is intentionally left blank>

3. Therefore, Google is doing it!

(Step 2 needs to be filled in a bit for it to be a good argument. Generally, analogies don't quite make the cut.)

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