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Which is funny, because actually, their business model was never "really cool", just "evil" ;)
by f055 8y ago
Which is funny, because actually, their business model was never "really cool", just "evil" ;)
- sambeau 8y agoGoogle were not "evil" for a long time after this. They really were a force for good in the world for a long time. I have never admired a large company so much as I did the Google of the early 2000s. Youthful, gifted, moral, crazily ambitious, constantly doing things I thought impossible… The "evil" only really crept in once they started to take over all of the world's advertising.
- scarface74 8y agoSo they were “not evil” as long as they were being funded by investors and didn’t have a self sustaining business plan...
- taneq 8y agoWhat was it, again, that we refer to as "the root of all evil"?
- scarface74 8y agoIt’s the love of money....
- fenwick67 8y agoThis is a common pattern that companies follow; make a good product now, make money later. Many products become crappy and companies go sour when they turn this corner.
- scarface74 8y agoIf a profit seeking company makes a product that isn’t profitable, how can it be considered “good”?
- elcomet 8y agoWhat if it provides positive value for whole society ?
- fenwick67 8y agoI'm speaking from a user/customer's perspective.
- scarface74 8y agoEven from a user’s perspective, if a product is not profitable, it will either disappear or the company will have to do something user-hostile to achieve profitability. I like simple business models. I give the company money and they give me stuff.
- golergka 8y agoWhat exactly is evil about their deal with advertisement?
- woranl 8y agoGoogle were not as "evil" when Larry Page and Sergey Brin were in charge. Nowadays, the moral standard is very low.
- f055 8y agoIf you think that's when "evil" crept in, you really should think again how "evil" works - or, how would you implement and scale such a business model. Hint: long before they even started taking over the world of ads. The goals were defined at the beginning.