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1. Go-hate isn't hard to find, especially on HN. 2. Liking Go != liking the mascot 3. I think most would agree this is ridiculous: https://www.googlemerchandi
by autoreleasepool 11y ago
1. Go-hate isn't hard to find, especially on HN.
2. Liking Go != liking the mascot
3. I think most would agree this is ridiculous: https://www.googlemerchandisestore.com/Google+Redesign/Brands/Go/Go+Gopher+Pink+Squishable.axd https://www.googlemerchandisestore.com/Google+Redesign/Brand...
- smonff 11y agoThis is also cute.
- autoreleasepool 11y agoThe plush toy is cute, but it's the fact that Google monetizes an open source programming language by selling plushies that I find ridiculous
- kbenson 11y agoWell, since the gopher images are Creative Commons Attributions 3.0 licensed[1], you could make your own and sell them or give them away if you wanted. I think the point is to promote the language, not to monetize it, and making it available through the Google merchandise store was probably easiest for those involved. 1: https://blog.golang.org/gopher https://blog.golang.org/gopher