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Comment by nemof | Hacker News Reader

Krass as fuck. Really deeply irritated by Google deciding to sully their product by associating with scumbags like Nestle:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nestle#Controversy_and_criticism

Please excuse my sweariness but I am somewhat put out.

Also, KitKats taste like shit.

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Peter Brabeck (then CEO of Nestlé) on free drinking water: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyAzxmN2s0w

I don't see why his viewpoint causes so much controversy - from an entepreneurial standpoint, which should be welcomed here - you can't deny him credit for rationality.

http://i.imgur.com/qgOyoSR.jpg

I actually feel super proud!

As I see it, KitKat is lowering their brand by associating with Android. Nestle doesn't provide the NSA with location data of where I'm eating candy. Besides, KitKats are baller.

Actually, each KitKat bar contains a radioactive isotope that's compared with the chemical traces left on your fingers after handling coins and paper money to uniquely identify you. So while you're right that Nestle doesn't provide the NSA with location data of where you're eating candy, they're actually providing the NSA with location data of where you go after eating candy. Such as the toilet.

Is the deal with Nestle, or Hershey's (which represents KitKat in the USA.) The Android.com/KitKat page points to http://www.hersheys.com/kitkat.aspx, at least for me in the US.

From Sweden it points directly at kitkat.com

I assume with Nestle, the IP holder. Hershey's makes KitKats under license; I'd be amazed if they have the right to use the trademark any way they feel like as a part of that.

Android has never been a premium brand - it's a lowest common denominator product. This is perfectly appropriate.

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