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  1. maherbeg · · focus · HN ↗
    OK, there's a lot of negative comments here, but this is a great idea at a high level. It really is hard to figure out where to do a thing and it's also very easy to get phished. If they can figure out how to help people get all the services they're eligible for that'll be an amazing improvement for the people.
    1. Rebuff5007 · · focus · HN ↗
      "at a high level" is doing a lot of work.

      I know some companies that at a high level want to "organize the world's information" or "build the future of human connection", yet have done innumerable cruel and harmful things to society (at least in my opinion).

      1. zachthewf · · focus · HN ↗
        What are the innumerable cruel and harmful things that Google has done to society?
        1. fakedang · · focus · HN ↗
          Being part of and accelerating the ad-driven internet, drinking up water for data centers, not filtering out scam apps and websites from its results and store, intrusive collection of private information, etc etc.
          1. HackerThemAll · · focus · HN ↗
            > drinking up water for data centers

            As long as your law allows it, it's not Google's liability. Just change the law. But you call regulations "communism".

            1. fakedang · · focus · HN ↗
              I'm not American.
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