Comment by cageface
3 years ago
Ron Amadeo has such a consistently snarky anti Google stance that I no longer read his articles. I haven't seen any other tech company get such dismissive treatment on Ars.
3 years ago
Ron Amadeo has such a consistently snarky anti Google stance that I no longer read his articles. I haven't seen any other tech company get such dismissive treatment on Ars.
Agreed. I think he crossed the line way beyond being skeptical about Google, and into partisan politics level biased reporting against Google. E.g. his coverage of passkey was so bad - misleading half truths and outright incorrect claims - that made a subsequent article on the passkey by another Ars reporter look completely opposite from what he wrote.
Isn't that much like how reporting of Microsoft during the 90s wasn't "sceptical", but just calling the pot black? At a certain point — i.e. given enough history — it's a given that a company acts against your best interests. I don't see judging a company on their actions as bias.
Google is a corporation that does terrible things. That's not bias, it's observation.
Having said all that, what were his half truths and incorrect claims on passkey? genuinely interested to educate myself.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/05/passwordless-google-...
is the article. The title is already misleading - Google doesn't support passwordless account, and there is no way to get a passkey only account. So factually incorrect title. Anyway, read that and contrast that with:
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/05/passw...
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Ars Technica has been a political hack rag for a while now
What are you upset about, that he's reflexively anti-big tech which includes Google, or that he's anti-Google out of all the big tech? Because personally I don't give any of the FANG+ the benefit of the doubt on anything now.