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Google has become such a garbage company to be honest. Is anything they do nowadays good and honest? I think Google heavily needs to be split up.

tahdig 7y ago
I feel hitting Google with monopoly lawsuits without going after the others would just make it worst. Atleast Google somehow competes with the Facebook and Amazon which in my view are "more evil". My other concern is, big co can resist stupid stuff government agencies want, they failed on PRISM but I feel they might have a better chance next time around as employees unionise and demand the company drop supporting unethical contract such as Googles' search engine for China (Project Dragonfly) case etc.
xckfs 7y ago
Having worked at many large companies, I can honestly say that Google was the best behaved company of all of them, by far. I think the difference is that Google has a relatively large contingent of "activist" type employees, and they're given a lot of latitude to speak their mind. When something bad happens, everybody hears about it because the employees are the ones shouting it loudest from the rooftops. Their track record isn't perfect, and Dragonfly particularly strikes a chord with me. But other companies do worse, and you're just much less likely to hear about it.
- SomeOldThrow 7y ago
  Well they’re also strangling the internet with their ads, so I’m not sure they aren’t also structurally evil. I have worked there myself in the past and it was very pleasant.
- mscasts 7y ago
  > I think the difference is that Google has a relatively large contingent of "activist" type employees Yes, I believe also this is the case. This is also in my opinion the biggest issue with Google nowadays and what makes it extra garbage. They seem to be caught again and again to use their large size to surpress and censor people and companies.

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Google has become such a garbage company to be honest. Is anything they do nowadays good and honest? I think Google heavily needs to be split up.

by mscasts 7y ago

tahdig 7y ago
I feel hitting Google with monopoly lawsuits without going after the others would just make it worst. Atleast Google somehow competes with the Facebook and Amazon which in my view are "more evil". My other concern is, big co can resist stupid stuff government agencies want, they failed on PRISM but I feel they might have a better chance next time around as employees unionise and demand the company drop supporting unethical contract such as Googles' search engine for China (Project Dragonfly) case etc.
xckfs 7y ago
Having worked at many large companies, I can honestly say that Google was the best behaved company of all of them, by far. I think the difference is that Google has a relatively large contingent of "activist" type employees, and they're given a lot of latitude to speak their mind. When something bad happens, everybody hears about it because the employees are the ones shouting it loudest from the rooftops. Their track record isn't perfect, and Dragonfly particularly strikes a chord with me. But other companies do worse, and you're just much less likely to hear about it.
- SomeOldThrow 7y ago
  Well they’re also strangling the internet with their ads, so I’m not sure they aren’t also structurally evil. I have worked there myself in the past and it was very pleasant.
- mscasts 7y ago
  > I think the difference is that Google has a relatively large contingent of "activist" type employees Yes, I believe also this is the case. This is also in my opinion the biggest issue with Google nowadays and what makes it extra garbage. They seem to be caught again and again to use their large size to surpress and censor people and companies.