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I live in Turkey and know numerous folks who were in the quake, or had family members in the quake. No one got any sort of alert.
Weird flex, Google.
Edit: To make things clear, I'm not implying that Google had any responsibility to anyone as far as Earthquake reporting is concerned; I simply find it odd they would insist that "no no no the system totally worked' when it clearly didn't. A lot of people died, maybe don't use this specific incident to make your point?
I hope everyone you know is doing okay but I don't think Google is really flexing that the alert system didn't work. Tech isn't perfect but the system has worked with other earthquakes. If anything we can hope the tech gets better because this event will highlight gaps.
> Google's product lead on the system, Micah Berman, insisted it had worked. "We are confident that this system fired and sent alerts," he told the BBC. > However, the company did not provide evidence that these alerts were widely received.
Personally I don't think they have any responsibility to build such a system, or even have it function properly. By "weird flex" I was specifically referring to the "We are confident that this system fired and sent alerts" line.
Obviously my view is anecdotal (especially the whole "No one got any sort of alert" part of my original comment), so take what I say with a grain of salt!