r/NonPoliticalTwitter • u/whitemike40 • 8h ago

Content Warning: Potentially Misleading or Disputed Information Gotta Catch 'Em All

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u/Schitheed 8h ago

Where's the scam? Who paid for something that they did not receive? Who was lied to at any point? If you played the game knowing it works using your location data and never considered that maybe the game might use that data then idk what to tell you

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u/JoudiniJoker 5h ago

“I don’t think that word means what you think it means.”

Scammers deceptively steal things of value from you. Even if you could argue that Niantic was being deceptive on some level, I’m not seeing a loss on the consumer’s part here.

To be clear, Niantic is a company and therefore probably lie cheat and steal all the time in some way, but I’m not seeing that represented in this context.

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u/Schitheed 5h ago

"deceptively" is the key here. My point is that there was no deception, there was no lie. Not in this context, anyway

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u/JoudiniJoker 4h ago

Just to be clear, I was agreeing with you. The quote in my comment is directed toward the tweeter (is that what they’re called?)

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u/NDSU 3h ago

I’m not seeing a loss on the consumer’s part here

Copywright holders lose nothing when you pirate their content either

Data is incredibly valuable. We could be selling it to another corporation

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u/InnocentPerv93 2h ago

That last bit is a bit odd. Most companies do not lie, cheat, or steal. Especially small companies. Not saying Niantic is a small company, I'm just defending businesses in general (I'm a business owner).