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The progression makes sense. 1. Let's make a better search engine. 2. Let's put ads on our search engine. 3. Let's create our own ad network so that we can con
by danudey 8y ago
The progression makes sense.
1. Let's make a better search engine.
2. Let's put ads on our search engine.
3. Let's create our own ad network so that we can control what ads look like, so they're unobtrusive.
4. People like our ads, let's put them on other people's pages.
5. People want more interesting ads, let's expand out.
6. Our business relies on ads, we need to collect more user data so we can focus ads even better than our competitors.
By doing advertising 'better' they could make a better product. Unfortunately, they went down the exact same path that other advertisers did: getting more invasive and more aggressive and less user-centric. I hate slippery slope arguments, but this seems to apply in retrospect.
- extralego 8y agoAlright. So it was just a flat out mistake to think morality was considered even in the slightest.
- bigiain 8y ago<sings> For the love of money People will steal from their mother For the love of money People will rob their own brother For the love of money People can't even walk the street Because they never know who in the world they're gonna beat For that lean, mean, mean green -- For The Love Of Money, O'Jays
- kiriakasis 8y agoMost of the steps down this slippery slope were likely to the end of providing a better service. that is why it is insidious, you don't need to act "the love of money" to end up serving "the love of money"