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It seems Google has now strayed far from the "don't be evil" path. First came the illegal agreement not to hire from other tech companies, then the "say nothin
by sunstone 8y ago
It seems Google has now strayed far from the "don't be evil" path. First came the illegal agreement not to hire from other tech companies, then the "say nothing to no one" employment agreement all employees have to sign and now this product the help Mr. Xi put the jack boot to every neck in China. I've probably missed a few, please fill in the blanks if you can.
To a large extent Google's business, like Enron's before it, depends largely on the trust of its users. Once it begins to wobble, head for the hills.
- ganzuul 8y agoLess colored than your take, but; Each time they cancel a beta, a vast amount of engineering work gets laid to waste. These engineers could be making the world a better place in other industries.
- icebraining 8y agoOther industries cancel products too. Something like 80% of all drugs that start being test never make it to market, for example. Other industries will have multiple draft proposals being drawn up, often at great cost, only to dismiss all except one.
- ganzuul 8y agoI know, I just don't think it being common makes it right. There are also untold numbers of fascinating patents which never see commercial success, duplication of effort, and arguing about who gets the biggest slice of a cake that doesn't exist yet. It's ineffective, and therefore I don't like it.
- snaky 8y agoOr worse place. In other industries.
- ganzuul 8y agoI must ask; which industry could be worse than software for this?
- snaky 8y agoGoogle's business depends largely on technologies and useful tools for the users and customers. The trust is somewhat involved too - users think Google won't do horrible things with their data - and Google won't (selling the data to the advertising industry is not considered horrible by Google' users). Customers think Google won't do horrible things to them too, as do shareholders, and they are obviously right. So a reasonable amount of trust involved, but it's not about China.
- romeisendcoming 8y agoWell, 'horrible' is subjective. Nobody really talks about the google agenda of replacing all the 'old, unsafe, inferior' tech and methodologies with their own versions and methods. Google wants a world they build and they don't really think anything could be better or as good. That is horrifying to me.
- mda 8y agoWhat data is sold to advertisers?
- frozenport 8y agoHow the heck doe a Google's buisness depend on trust? They make mo ey by extorting ad revenue. They keep asking users to give up privacy, and have met no mainstream resistance. Everybody knows not to trust them but does anyways.