Re: Why I might never buy an Android phone...(short and sweet, comments welcome)
 

Ofcourse it's people that are the problem...Google is run by *GASP* HUMAN BEINGS. What do you know...do you think I'm talking about how a bunch of computers with minds of their own are the problem...we're not there yet.

And they're not RECOGNIZING trends my friend they are MANUFACTURING the latest trend based on what is most profitable.

All i'm saying is that GREEDY marketers coupled with complacent consumers makes the entire country dumber. And people are fooled into thinking Google fosters independance...when in fact they promote complacency in the consumer.

Re: Why I might never buy an Android phone...(short and sweet, comments welcome)
 

come on dude, lets not be ridiculous. when i said people are the problem i was refering to the consumers. if its such a travesty what google is doing then why dont you do something about it. start a petition, write your congressman, i dunno.

so if google wasnt around do you honestly think the country would be more intelligent than they are now?

i can sense you r getting a little sensitive so im done with this thread but we can agree to disagree my friend. gotta go ask google what we should have for dinner lol...

Re: Why I might never buy an Android phone...(short and sweet, comments welcome)
 

No not if Google wasnt around....but if the marketing techniques over the last 30 years were different our dropout rates would be lower and over half the country wouldn't be obese....and you can't argue with me there.

Re: Why I might never buy an Android phone...(short and sweet, comments welcome)
 

lol you keep reenforcing my point. the problem is bigger than google so why single them out as the culprit. ok im really done this time haha

Re: Why I might never buy an Android phone...(short and sweet, comments welcome)
 

Its not just google that wants complacent consumers, or marketers, its the government as well.the more you can keep the masses ignorant and paying taxes, as well as fueling the economy the more you can pull the wool over there eyes.

Thanks to marketing, your profession, people in this country care more about watching dancing with the stars than what's actually happening around the world.

Re: Why I might never buy an Android phone...(short and sweet, comments welcome)
 

OK, so i had to go back to your original post to remember exactly why you may never buy an Android phone. And what I have pieced together is that you don't want an Android phone because Google may use certain information about you for advertising purposes, and that you would rather "think for yourself" than have an Android phone. It seems that you are either saying 1: that we have no free will, or 2: that Google will disable your free will. If 1 is true, then having an Android phone doesn't make a difference, and you have no free will regardless. If 2 is true, then you just sound ridiculous.

Re: Why I might never buy an Android phone...(short and sweet, comments welcome)
 

What I'm getting from this thread is that Google is doing what any other company that wants to sell a product does, do you think Nike for example looks at trends of footwear and then makes a shoe that emulates what the market is trending to or do you think that Nike makes a shoe and makes it a trend setter?
If you're following trends and not setting or manufacturing them then you are behind other companies that are in the same industry as you. Nobody can sit back and let trends determine what they make, they have to make the trends. Let's take Apple for example (as much as I'd like to stay away from them, they're a prefect example though) Do you think Steve saw a trend in touch interface phones and decided to make a touch interface phone or do you think he created the touch interface phone and built a market for that phone? Something ridiculous like "you don't even know you need this phone yet"...
Google, like any other advertising firm, looks at statistics and tries to guess whats-to-come, they just seem to gather more accurate data and come up with better results. Ask any professional in marketing and I bet they envy Googles foresight.

This is all just a matter of how I see it

Re: Why I might never buy an Android phone...(short and sweet, comments welcome)
 

So...google is so powerful it made me fat and stupid...HAHAHAHA! That is hilarious! Contact a specialist for a serious psych eval. If you think it is as easy as blaming google for your problems or anyone elses there is something wrong with you. We all make our own decisions and suffer the consequences. Google can tell me to eat bad but I dont have to listen...could also tell me to exercise but that doesnt mean I will. And tell me how google reverses 16 years worth of education? Doesnt google provide a google of information so that we can learn even more? OMG! Crazy people crack me up!

Re: Why I might never buy an Android phone...(short and sweet, comments welcome)
 

You're fat and stupid? I'd blame that on the Big Mac and public schooling then :)

Re: Why I might never buy an Android phone...(short and sweet, comments welcome)
 

Someone needs to relax. I seem to recall someone saying that comments were welcome in this thread and do not recall there being a stipulation on the comments coming from marketing savvy indivuals.

The picture I put up was because I thought it was funny and knew that others would too. That does not put us in the class of walking out in traffic and getting hit because of an ipod. It really is simple, if you don't really want people's comments, don't ask for them.

Google FTW!