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Most of your positives are more than 10 years old. In the meantime they've remove the "Don't be evil" motto, their Android/Chromebook support is very short live

by patd 6y ago

Most of your positives are more than 10 years old. In the meantime they've remove the "Don't be evil" motto, their Android/Chromebook support is very short lived, they've killed countless services people relied on, ... I don't think Google is evil like Microsoft was in the 90s but I don't blindly trust them as I might have done in the past.

Crash0v3rid3 6y ago
It's really sad how much this misinformation gets spread... Don't be evil is literally the last line of their code of conduct: https://abc.xyz/investor/other/google-code-of-conduct/ https://abc.xyz/investor/other/google-code-of-conduct/
- volongoto 6y ago
  Yes, but it is no longer their "motto" (the guiding principle for the company). So, it appearing in the CoC does not mean that it's the guiding principle. But I think you are raising a good point. Why is this piece of "misinformation" being spread so much? What do you think? I think it is because it corresponds to people's experience with Google: "an entity once liked by the users and did good deeds has quit doing those." So, it may be "misinformation" as you put it, but I don't think it bears no value.
  - Crash0v3rid3 6y ago
    No longer their motto? Can you please provide a source? "Why is this piece of "misinformation" being spread so much? What do you think?" Because of multiple articles spreading this misinformation a few years back, for example: "Google Removes 'Don't Be Evil' Clause From Its Code of Conduct" - https://gizmodo.com/google-removes-nearly-all-mentions-of-dont-be-evil-from-1826153393 https://gizmodo.com/google-removes-nearly-all-mentions-of-do... Then the article literally mentions at the end that it's still in the code of conduct...terrible reporting from multiple outlets.
    - volongoto 6y ago
      What sort of a source do you need? Is Google's current slogan/motto still "Don't be evil"?
      - Crash0v3rid3 6y ago
        You said in your last comment: "Yes, but it is no longer their "motto" (the guiding principle for the company)." Where exactly did you read that?
      - saalweachter 6y ago
        What is their current motto, out of curiosity?
mav3rick 6y ago
Chromebooks have 6.5 years of updates. How is that short lived ?

by patd 6y ago

Crash0v3rid3 6y ago

It's really sad how much this misinformation gets spread... Don't be evil is literally the last line of their code of conduct: https://abc.xyz/investor/other/google-code-of-conduct/ https://abc.xyz/investor/other/google-code-of-conduct/

volongoto 6y ago
Yes, but it is no longer their "motto" (the guiding principle for the company). So, it appearing in the CoC does not mean that it's the guiding principle. But I think you are raising a good point. Why is this piece of "misinformation" being spread so much? What do you think? I think it is because it corresponds to people's experience with Google: "an entity once liked by the users and did good deeds has quit doing those." So, it may be "misinformation" as you put it, but I don't think it bears no value.
- Crash0v3rid3 6y ago
  No longer their motto? Can you please provide a source? "Why is this piece of "misinformation" being spread so much? What do you think?" Because of multiple articles spreading this misinformation a few years back, for example: "Google Removes 'Don't Be Evil' Clause From Its Code of Conduct" - https://gizmodo.com/google-removes-nearly-all-mentions-of-dont-be-evil-from-1826153393 https://gizmodo.com/google-removes-nearly-all-mentions-of-do... Then the article literally mentions at the end that it's still in the code of conduct...terrible reporting from multiple outlets.
  - volongoto 6y ago
    What sort of a source do you need? Is Google's current slogan/motto still "Don't be evil"?
    - Crash0v3rid3 6y ago
      You said in your last comment: "Yes, but it is no longer their "motto" (the guiding principle for the company)." Where exactly did you read that?
    - saalweachter 6y ago
      What is their current motto, out of curiosity?

mav3rick 6y ago

Chromebooks have 6.5 years of updates. How is that short lived ?