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Funny how all these articles are based on one badly researched blog post from back then. Don't be evil is not gone - it never was. They merely moved it to the e
by sigmoid10 4y ago
Funny how all these articles are based on one badly researched blog post from back then. Don't be evil is not gone - it never was. They merely moved it to the end of their code of conduct [1]. It's insane how none of these authors could be bothered to do 30 seconds of fact checking before spewing out the same based bullshit just because it fits their narrative.
[1] https://abc.xyz/investor/other/google-code-of-conduct/ https://abc.xyz/investor/other/google-code-of-conduct/
- IIsi50MHz 4y agoI seem to recall that it was removed, then reluctantly added back, and the then-new CEO said "Don't be evil." was childish. (which sentiment I'm biased to interpret as "I want to be allowed to be evil, so I'm going to belittle and/or remove anything that gets in my way.".)
- sigmoid10 4y agoIt was never removed. It was only ever moved to the end. Some blogger only read the first line and thought it was gone, so he made a huge fuzz about it and people/newspapers who didn't verify jumped on. But everyone who checked immediately called him out. You can verify it yourself by checking the internet archive around the dates of the alleged removal: April 21st, 2018: at top [1] May 1st, 2018 (next save): at bottom [2] The blogger outrage only started in late May. [1] https://web.archive.org/web/20180421105327/https://abc.xyz/investor/other/google-code-of-conduct.html https://web.archive.org/web/20180421105327/https://abc.xyz/i... [2] https://web.archive.org/web/20180504211806/https://abc.xyz/investor/other/google-code-of-conduct.html https://web.archive.org/web/20180504211806/https://abc.xyz/i...