points by noitpmeder 12 hours ago | 0 comments
This is exactly censorship via omission. What could possibly be the intent here other than to discourage use of these phrases across wide swaths of the population.
[–] jerf 12 hours ago
[–] Jtarii 11 hours ago
Then have "child friendly mode" be an option and the adults can have "fuck" back. This isn't a difficult design problem.
This is just the type of thing that makes everyone hate modern technology.
[–] wat10000 5 hours ago
I like having a phone that doesn't spontaneously insert "fuck" into my messages because it thought I might mean that. That could lead to some unfortunate situations. When I want to use the word I'm perfectly capable of typing it.
[–] noitpmeder 12 hours ago
I get "fuck" and "duck". I don't get "the occupied territories", "the Hamas movement", and "Trayvon Martin".
That is a general answer to your question. It is not a specific defense of the particular word list in question. But I can say I've been surprised a few times about what I accidentally swiped on Android. Bitch isn't swipable but I have "bitchiest" readily available, for instance.