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If they get one angry message they’ll ignore it. If they get 10,000 angry messages they might start worrying about what the people who haven’t sent messages will do if they proceed.
Public outcry doesn’t always work, but it has worked enough times to try again. It takes minimal effort for a significant potential gain.
It’s Google and Android, the biggest OS on the planet - they would need tens of millions of unique people with actual well written concerns before they even considered reconsidering.
If they get one angry message they’ll ignore it. If they get 10,000 angry messages they might start worrying about what the people who haven’t sent messages will do if they proceed.
Public outcry doesn’t always work, but it has worked enough times to try again. It takes minimal effort for a significant potential gain.
It’s Google and Android, the biggest OS on the planet - they would need tens of millions of unique people with actual well written concerns before they even considered reconsidering.