Comment on Yahoo, Bucking Industry, Scans Emails for Data to Sell AdvertisersComments−ForHackernews8yIsn't Yahoo gone? Shouldn't headline be "Verizon-Oath"?−niij8yIn the same sense that "Google" is gone and we should now be saying Alphabet. That is the holding company, but the brand remains.−super-serial8yThat's different - Yahoo has completely different owners now whose main business is in a different sector.Headline should read:"Verizon after acquiring Yahoo disregards normal tech-company conventions and snoops on everyone's emails like a scummy ISP."−rrix28ywhat's the point of finely tuning semantics when it's functionally identical?−Dylan168078yGetting people upset with Verizon is a good goal.−ForHackernews8yDo brands decide to violate user privacy? Or do people make that choice?−vageli8yGoogle LLC still exists.
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Isn't Yahoo gone? Shouldn't headline be "Verizon-Oath"?
In the same sense that "Google" is gone and we should now be saying Alphabet. That is the holding company, but the brand remains.
That's different - Yahoo has completely different owners now whose main business is in a different sector.
Headline should read:
"Verizon after acquiring Yahoo disregards normal tech-company conventions and snoops on everyone's emails like a scummy ISP."
what's the point of finely tuning semantics when it's functionally identical?
Getting people upset with Verizon is a good goal.
Do brands decide to violate user privacy? Or do people make that choice?
Google LLC still exists.