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How do you feel that your invention was used to harm users and empower a quasi-global monopoly on search engines for the profit of tech billionnaire psychopaths

How do you feel that your invention was used to harm users and empower a quasi-global monopoly on search engines for the profit of tech billionnaire psychopaths and secret services? I don't think you had to have bad intentions (just like physicists and the atom bomb), but do you think the web is better for users without search boxes or search engine choices, and with Google forcing centralized AMP proxying down everyone's throat and therefore trying to actually completely remove URLs?

frostwarrior 5y ago
Please, if we were to call out every developer who works or has ever worked in AnyEvilCorp® then almost no one comes out alive, maybe except RMS
- croes 5y ago
  So the excuse is everybody else jumped from the bridge too?
- Randosaurus 5y ago
  It's a valid question to ask.
- southerntofu 5y ago
  I've called out people in the past on works they seemed proud of. In this case, parent commenter explicitly acknowledges that their work had unintended consequences that they did not foresee. So i'm asking for critical lessons/insights they may have gained on the way. Calling out is "hey you're doing such bullshit". "How do you feel that what you did had this consequence?" is opening a debate to share experiences, not "calling out".
- tripzilch 5y ago
  Speak for yourself.
hans-moleman 5y ago
I don’t understand what exactly you’re mad at the guy about? He made an ultra-usable textbox… millions of people use it every day instinctively because it’s a great tool. You can’t crucify him because of your own personal qualms and completely ignore the flip side of the coin.
- southerntofu 5y ago
  I'm not mad, just looking for retrospective insight. I don't know about you, but i've learnt great lessons by making mistakes, and i've found historical examples like Albert Einstein's reflections to be eye-opening. Everybody does mistakes, and i'm not here to throw a stone. But i'm looking for lessons to be shared and learnt.

frostwarrior 5y ago

Please, if we were to call out every developer who works or has ever worked in AnyEvilCorp® then almost no one comes out alive, maybe except RMS

croes 5y ago
So the excuse is everybody else jumped from the bridge too?
Randosaurus 5y ago
It's a valid question to ask.
southerntofu 5y ago
I've called out people in the past on works they seemed proud of. In this case, parent commenter explicitly acknowledges that their work had unintended consequences that they did not foresee. So i'm asking for critical lessons/insights they may have gained on the way. Calling out is "hey you're doing such bullshit". "How do you feel that what you did had this consequence?" is opening a debate to share experiences, not "calling out".
tripzilch 5y ago
Speak for yourself.

hans-moleman 5y ago

I don’t understand what exactly you’re mad at the guy about? He made an ultra-usable textbox… millions of people use it every day instinctively because it’s a great tool. You can’t crucify him because of your own personal qualms and completely ignore the flip side of the coin.

southerntofu 5y ago
I'm not mad, just looking for retrospective insight. I don't know about you, but i've learnt great lessons by making mistakes, and i've found historical examples like Albert Einstein's reflections to be eye-opening. Everybody does mistakes, and i'm not here to throw a stone. But i'm looking for lessons to be shared and learnt.