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> Investors are expecting to see that gap grow at the same, or higher pace. It's sad to see Google obey to these Wall Street expectations. I remember reading a
by dna_polymerase 9y ago
> Investors are expecting to see that gap grow at the same, or higher pace.
It's sad to see Google obey to these Wall Street expectations. I remember reading about the stock structure Larry and Sergey set up before their IPO. They wanted to have control about Google and do good (Remember Don't be evil?). Nowadays they seem to just cater to the shareholders. Products get less great by the day and it really looks like they stopped listening to the users.
- tyingq 9y agoI think they were hoping one of the "other bets" (Waymo, etc) would take that pressure off. No luck thus far though.
- bigbugbag 9y agoI remember quite correctly the "don't be evil" motto and I remember it having a very different meaning than "do good". I also remember that it was among the most misunderstood things at google and that it served google well. I do not remember a time when google listened to the users but I do remember when google went from being a search engine to an advertising network. This is the point in time where the downhill slope started.