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> Everyone used to think that was Google. When was that? Around the time they decided to liberate the web from the evil clutches of Microsoft/IE and ... Mozill
by lazyjones 7y ago
> Everyone used to think that was Google.
When was that? Around the time they decided to liberate the web from the evil clutches of Microsoft/IE and ... Mozilla/FF (20%+ and growing at that time)?
- mcny 7y agoI may be remembering things incorrectly but I think Mozilla almost got in trouble with the IRS because too much of funding came from a single source: Google. What I'm trying to say is Mozilla might have died a long time ago if not for Google.
- DanielBMarkham 7y agoAnd Apple might have died if not for Microsoft investment. We very well may be assuming different actors and motivations where there are none: there's just messaging and market differentiation.
- Fnoord 7y ago> When was that? When people still believed in the slogan 'Don't be evil' [1]. Google even removed the slogan. I guess they don't believe in it themselves anymore. The replacement 'Do the right thing' seems like a variation of Nike's. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don't_be_evil https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don't_be_evil
- Smithalicious 7y agoHah, I love that slogan change. "Yes, we do things that are evil, but we also do things that aren't evil sometimes"
- petecox 7y agoFun fact: Pine64's dev-kit for their forthcoming PinePhone offering is codenamed "Don't be evil". https://wiki.pine64.org/index.php/Project_Don%27t_be_evil https://wiki.pine64.org/index.php/Project_Don%27t_be_evil
- mda 7y agoCompared to both of them Chrome was technically miles better as well. And no, Firefox was stagnant. It actually saved web from IE.
- collyw 7y agoWhen MS still held the monopoly position and mobile phones weren't mainstream. Google had a mission of "don't be evil" or something similar, they quietly got rid of that and started being evil.