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Even outside technology, Google went from that cool "don't be evil" company, to suppressing search results so that people would vote the way Google wanted. Add
by tenpies 3y ago
Even outside technology, Google went from that cool "don't be evil" company, to suppressing search results so that people would vote the way Google wanted.
Add a few cases of Glassholes[1], killing products people loved, and it eventually piles up.
I will add though, that just because the company has lost its lustre, doesn't mean the people working there are any less talented. I just think that on a long enough timeline, Google becomes IBM[2].
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[1] https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Glasshole https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Glasshole
[2] https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2001/04/hitlers-willing-business-partners/303146/ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2001/04/hitlers...