2018-04-05, 04:24
Hopefully this is the appropriate place to place this.
I've herd the news about google removing your name off of their autocomplete just because it is associated with "piracy".
What's your thoughts on this?
Mine is: This is the stupidest move against a legitimate software, treating it like a pirating tool. Why can't google just ban the words "Kodi addons" or, even better, remove search results that leads to infringing kodi boxes? The fact that this is slightly similar to SOPA, but instead of taking down the DNS to a website, it takes down the suggestions. If they keep doing that, might as well remove such brand names like OBS because it records stuff. Yes, there are scammers, fraudsters and other criminals out there hurting not only the unsuspecting consumer, but the movie industry, and Kodi itself. Blame actual pirates, not stuff intended for legitimate purposes used by pirates.
I've herd the news about google removing your name off of their autocomplete just because it is associated with "piracy".
What's your thoughts on this?
Mine is: This is the stupidest move against a legitimate software, treating it like a pirating tool. Why can't google just ban the words "Kodi addons" or, even better, remove search results that leads to infringing kodi boxes? The fact that this is slightly similar to SOPA, but instead of taking down the DNS to a website, it takes down the suggestions. If they keep doing that, might as well remove such brand names like OBS because it records stuff. Yes, there are scammers, fraudsters and other criminals out there hurting not only the unsuspecting consumer, but the movie industry, and Kodi itself. Blame actual pirates, not stuff intended for legitimate purposes used by pirates.