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The amount of negativity for Google has gone through the roof on HN recently. Of course, there are issues with Google, but the general sentiment on HN towards G

by srathi 7y ago

The amount of negativity for Google has gone through the roof on HN recently. Of course, there are issues with Google, but the general sentiment on HN towards Google is disproportionately negative.

basilgohar 7y ago
How else can it be measured except by the sentiment of the people here expressing it? You can argue there's a silent majority, and I think a lot of us may not disagree, but the sentiment of the people expressing themselves should at a minimum be judged to be sincere lacking and further evidence otherwise. The uncertainty of Google's service future and also the loss of control of my own data's future drove me to purchase email services from a commercial email provider rather than continue to rely on Google's Gmail for my personal email. So, I can say I also share this sentiment, and I am actively seeking alternatives to all the other, more "stable" services such as Search, Maps, YouTube, and so on and trying to rely less-and-less on them.
tmpz22 7y ago
As with most things in life the total emotion is a sum of multiple unrelated experiences. The primary driver is the product shutdowns, but its also a mix of Google's original reputation as "the best" or "the smartest", combined with above average salaries and compensation. It's like if that annoying know-it-all at works makes a mistake, the mistake seems extra bad.
filoleg 7y ago
I mean, seeing google making announcements on regular every few months about shutting down another product that people actually use would kinda lead to this sort of sentiment. I wouldn’t say it is unexpected at all.
lawik 7y ago
Is it disproportionate. I use Google. I like some things they do. But for anything where I'm not a paying customer I find my trust eroding and I find myself considering options that aren't as gargantuan. With that scale accountability starts going out the window and I don't feel like Google has managed that well. Not sure if that is mostly inept PR compared to some competitors or actually being worse. Microsoft has been building up some of the previously terrible level of trust they've had around here. They've gotten up to the level of polarized mix, like Apple in my estimate. I don't see s lot of people who would get in the line of fire for Google. I think that's about trust and affection. They so things that are useful but they've been hard to like for a while in my eyes.
rchaud 7y ago
Google is one of the largest corporations in the world and one that nearly every internet-connected human has some kind of relationship with. What would you consider to be proportionate?

by srathi 7y ago

The amount of negativity for Google has gone through the roof on HN recently. Of course, there are issues with Google, but the general sentiment on HN towards Google is disproportionately negative.

basilgohar 7y ago

How else can it be measured except by the sentiment of the people here expressing it? You can argue there's a silent majority, and I think a lot of us may not disagree, but the sentiment of the people expressing themselves should at a minimum be judged to be sincere lacking and further evidence otherwise. The uncertainty of Google's service future and also the loss of control of my own data's future drove me to purchase email services from a commercial email provider rather than continue to rely on Google's Gmail for my personal email. So, I can say I also share this sentiment, and I am actively seeking alternatives to all the other, more "stable" services such as Search, Maps, YouTube, and so on and trying to rely less-and-less on them.

tmpz22 7y ago

As with most things in life the total emotion is a sum of multiple unrelated experiences. The primary driver is the product shutdowns, but its also a mix of Google's original reputation as "the best" or "the smartest", combined with above average salaries and compensation. It's like if that annoying know-it-all at works makes a mistake, the mistake seems extra bad.

filoleg 7y ago

I mean, seeing google making announcements on regular every few months about shutting down another product that people actually use would kinda lead to this sort of sentiment. I wouldn’t say it is unexpected at all.

lawik 7y ago

Is it disproportionate. I use Google. I like some things they do. But for anything where I'm not a paying customer I find my trust eroding and I find myself considering options that aren't as gargantuan. With that scale accountability starts going out the window and I don't feel like Google has managed that well. Not sure if that is mostly inept PR compared to some competitors or actually being worse. Microsoft has been building up some of the previously terrible level of trust they've had around here. They've gotten up to the level of polarized mix, like Apple in my estimate. I don't see s lot of people who would get in the line of fire for Google. I think that's about trust and affection. They so things that are useful but they've been hard to like for a while in my eyes.

rchaud 7y ago

Google is one of the largest corporations in the world and one that nearly every internet-connected human has some kind of relationship with. What would you consider to be proportionate?