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1. remus+SI1[view] [source] 2021-02-08 18:59:13
>>benhur+(OP)
While I agree with the broader point that there should be avenues for someone who's account is incorrectly closed this article is pretty vapid.

There are a lot of examples of individuals who have lost access to their accounts but no discussion of whether this is a significant proportion of google users. If I've got a 1 in 10 million chance of incorrectly losing access to my account that is very different to if there is a 1 in 1000 chance of losing access to my account. Without that context, you're basically just saying "losing access is a crap experience for the person involved" which is obvious from the outset.

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2. falcol+uK1[view] [source] 2021-02-08 19:06:04
>>remus+SI1
> no discussion of whether this is a significant proportion of google users

Who cares?

No, stick with me here - what if we applied this logic to our justice system? "You're one in 300 million, who cares if you get a fair trial, let alone whether you're guilty?" And that doesn't even delve into lesser systems (like the ability to use public transport, drivers licenses, bad landlords, restaurants & food poisioning, etc).

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3. tjalfi+993[view] [source] 2021-02-09 04:54:24
>>falcol+uK1
> No, stick with me here - what if we applied this logic to our justice system? "You're one in 300 million, who cares if you get a fair trial, let alone whether you're guilty?"

Sadly we are applying exactly this approach to our criminal justice system.

90+%[0][1] (94% of convictions at the state level, 97% at the federal level) of cases go through plea bargaining and never reach a courtroom. Trials are often impossible for poor defendants because public defenders can only bring a fraction of their cases to trial.

People like Shanta Sweatt[0] plead guilty because the alternative is to face a much longer potential sentence at trial.

[0] https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/09/innocen...

[1] https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/prisons-are-packed-bec...

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