• l3mming@lemmy.world
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    5 小时前

    The number of times that signing an online petition has prevented the plans of an evil corporation is exactly zero.

    • Axolotl@feddit.it
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      38 分钟前

      There are already some movements, like #Keep Android Open that ask to contact local regulators and law makers, this petition is useful to have a concrete number of people that agree and that can be used officially

    • coredev@programming.dev
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      5 小时前

      I am not so sure. It creats activity, being passive is worse. We should encourage all type of protests, even petitions.

    • karlhungus@lemmy.ca
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      Companies have reversed unpopular decisions in the past (just saw a thing about Facebook reversing some AI thing). So there may be some possible chance of them reversing this decision. I’m not hopeful but the cost is cheap, and it has a better chance of success than doing nothing

      • DataCrime@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        3 小时前

        Hence the proliferation of spam… It cost nearly nothing to do and has a very limited chance of return… And yet my inbox has still got 10,000 messages in it which I do nothing about.