It’s a well-known fact that Google spies on users, which isn’t anything new. However, the fact that they are now using this as a reference in a marketing meme is insulting.

Google is now making jokes at customers expense, using memes for promotional ads on Reddit, and saying that they don’t care about you because they know people will still buy their ad-platform spyware products.

Well, I say 🖕Google! Your corporate capitalism greed gets another 🖕! Oh, and before I forget, 🖕too reddit.

Edit: removed mention of a certain country

    • @404@lemmy.zip
      27•8 months ago

      Question still stands: who tf greenlit this? No chance they don’t know the other connotations

    • @li10@feddit.ukEnglish
      16•8 months ago

      I thought it sounded really out of place still, but I guess it’s a reference to Cyberpunk’s expansion being stealth/spy based.

    • BuckFigotstheThirdEnglish
      5•8 months ago

      I am familiar with the game I spy.

      I did not pick up on that. I thought it was a Yoda reference.

    • @CmdrShepard@lemmy.oneEnglish
      2•8 months ago

      I am familiar with that and don’t believe your take is accurate. When asking this question, it’s followed with a description of the thing you spy.

      “I spy… do you?” is the text of the ad and the text following that doesn’t make it make any more sense either, “Game more than you thought you could.”

    • DenaturedOP
      1•8 months ago

      I assume you’re not in the US and not familiar with that?

      No, other side of the world. No, not familiar with that.

      • Dark ArcAEnglish
        1•8 months ago

        It’s a very common game here, especially for children (and has been for decades)… Here’s an example https://youtu.be/8N2Ha1FuBr4?si=XN9QeSYPrg1JzBuR

        It’s very similar to where is Waldo if you’ve heard of that, except “Waldo” can be anything the person who’s running the game wants it to be.

        • DenaturedOP
          2•8 months ago

          Thx for showing me that. I had no idea. Still to me, someone who lives on the other side of the world opposite of America, to see the phrase “I spy… Do you…” From Google felt a lot like, well, my post says it all.

          Appreciate you educating me on that.

          • Dark ArcAEnglish
            2•8 months ago

            All good, culture is weird. Definitely a strange reference by Google to begin with