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Mods and everyone. The anti-google slant going on in hackernews is getting pretty awful lately. There isn't anything particularly newsworthy or notable about

• Moru 8y ago
  Author maybe got bitten by one too many changes or shutdowns lately? I know most of my work lately have been to adjust our systems to whatever Google has changed. Worst was probably the map prise hike. The kind of thing you do when you want to get rid of some tenants.
  • bb88 8y ago
    Well then what's wrong with being honest about it and writing about their unhappiness directly, rather than making a hit piece which demonizes what most other tech companies do in this space?
• GauntletWizard 8y ago
  For a blog that claims to be anti-nihilist, the entire piece seems to be promoting the very nihilist idea that there's no "true altruism", and taking a hardline stance on a very win-win situtation. Yes, Google gets something out of training you to use Google Products. They are a very big company. That doesn't mean it's not a fair exchange. Most of their rhetoric is about painting google as a monopoly, but they offer no evidence. They talk about the mealiness of the offering, but registration limits on free classes are hardly unreasonable. Full disclosure: I am an ex-googler who's currently quite pissed at the company.