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I've been repeatedly contacted by Google over recent years (supposedly because of the work I've done) but I've always felt uneasy about them and hesitated to re

I've been repeatedly contacted by Google over recent years (supposedly because of the work I've done) but I've always felt uneasy about them and hesitated to respond. This additional layer of tracking and the recent revelation on location tracking regardless of explicit settings both seal the non-deal for me. The soul of that company is to turn the human experience into a vessel for the paid delivery of ads, nothing else matters. Of course I'm sure that one can join many interesting engineering projects there, with suitable blinders. Even when they introduced their AR glasses, they had to show virtual billboards assaulting one's field of vision. What you are to Google is a recipient for ad delivery -- not a customer, not a respected human, not someone to trade with.

eitally 8y ago
FWIW, the Ads org is about 8000 employees (not counting sales), out of 80000 total at Google. Cloud is about 25000 (of which about 4000 are sales and supporting GTM functions). There's MUCH more going on at Google than ads... and that doesn't count the enormous teams working on things like Android, Chrome, Maps, and Youtube.
- Rafuino 8y ago
  Uhh... ultimately Android, Chrome, Maps, and Youtube are all about siphoning more data on you and delivering more ads
  - abcd_f 8y ago
    Let's not forget GA, Fonts, DNS and CDN services.
    - jeltz 8y ago
      And the free version Google Mail, ReCAPCTHA and Google Fiber, plus many of their other services.
- justincormack 8y ago
  85% of revenue is directly attributable to advertising. Its an ad company that would like not to be.
Applejinx 8y ago
Even 'someone to trade with' is a limited viewpoint, a set of blinders in its own right. That said, agreed with the rest of it.