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> In their business plan Google (now Alphabet) favors a "greater good" for society rather than purely revenue optimization What dream world are you living in a
by capableweb 6y ago
> In their business plan Google (now Alphabet) favors a "greater good" for society rather than purely revenue optimization
What dream world are you living in and also where do you get this from? Google, like countless other companies in tech, is a for-profit company, that optimizes for revenue and revenue only. If they are doing anything for the "greater good", it's because it'll eventually drive up their revenue.
If they truly wanted to do something for the greater good, they'd turn Google/Alphabet into a non-profit. But alas, they are not.
- actuator 6y agoI have no insight about what the parent comment said but Google at one point in the past did quit the Chinese market on principles, the success of their compatriots like Apple which were more flexible with their principles does show the opportunity they left.
- henearkr 6y agoThere are several ways to build a business plan to make profit, and Google chose the one where they attract and retain an elite scientific and engineering staff in order to build awesome products, and so they respect the ideological lining of these staffs. Facebook insists more, in a more conventional way for sure, on marketing and business negotiations. Both approaches "increase revenue", of course, however not the same way, not with the same timeline (one of them is more long-term than the other), and, last but not least, not with the same heartburn when I read about it. PS: greater good is not opposed to profit. Your physician gets your money to care for your health. He chose this job rather than, say, the military.