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by alwayseasy 1136 days ago
Come on, why are you defending a misleading marketing tactic. Any American company that announces in English it "launches in 180 countries" tends to imply the G20 is in it.
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To say that someone is implying something that's false implies that they are misleading on purpose. And I just don't see that here. Yes, there was a time when one might have assumed that if a product is launched in 180 countries it includes the G20. I guess that's not the case anymore.
I'm sorry it IS misleading on purpose, Google's previous product roll out for 180 countries have included the UE. Unless they have a statement about the why/how, it's still considered misleading. Hard to prove in court that it's misleading to investors but easy enough to ask around to any consumer on the planet and get the same understanding.