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I'm frankly amazed he quit and wasn't fired, and that google allowed him to be openly critical. I guess he already had a following early on? and if they dissap

I'm frankly amazed he quit and wasn't fired, and that google allowed him to be openly critical. I guess he already had a following early on? and if they dissapeared him later it would have looked bad? . It's like there is literally no developer support from google when your app gets taken down for no reason, unless you have a big twitter following and complain there, then they fix it.

billllll 5y ago
From my experience, there is plenty of room for open dissension at Google. One of the reasons they stopped doing all-hands (aka TGIF) is because people kept bringing up unrelated controversies in protest (Maven, Dragonfly, etc). The flip side is the execs are really good at dodging and ignoring you. It doesn't matter if it's an ethical decision or if it's something as simple as "why the hell are we making another messaging app?" you will be allowed (within reason) to scream your head off because you will be ignored.