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[–] derin@lemmy.beru.co 21 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (6 children)

I live in Turkey and know numerous folks who were in the quake, or had family members in the quake. No one got any sort of alert.

Weird flex, Google.

Edit: To make things clear, I'm not implying that Google had any responsibility to anyone as far as Earthquake reporting is concerned; I simply find it odd they would insist that "no no no the system totally worked' when it clearly didn't. A lot of people died, maybe don't use this specific incident to make your point?

[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think if you create an alarm service like this, you do have a certain responsibility, because people will start to rely on that.

[–] nik282000@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago

Nah. Relying on an ad subsidized service to alert you of danger is a bad idea both for the end user and the local government.

There is a already an emergency alert system baked into every iPhone and Android device, the government is responsible for using it regardless of whether there is commercial service working in parallel to theirs.

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