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Really? To me, Google's image is much closer to that of Microsoft : You may hear of them in a few innovative projects, but most of what you know and use from th
by pyrale 3y ago
Really? To me, Google's image is much closer to that of Microsoft : You may hear of them in a few innovative projects, but most of what you know and use from them is boring office stuff, or personal stuff that you take for granted and don't think twice about. Having an Android or using Chrome isn't a personal statement like having an iphone or a macbook is.
And in terms of ethics, the perception of them being a force for good eroded a lot. When thinking about the typical googler, people around here will sooner think about an exec trying to skip some tax than about a techie doing innovative stuff, because that's what their media coverage is about these days in Europe.
I'll give you that Microsoft is very unlikely to go away either, unless the US govt finally remembers they have antitrust laws.
- oblio 3y agoYou're a techie (and/or business tech person). Go ask 10 non-tech people what they think of Google.
- pyrale 3y agoLikely the same as they think about fb, microsoft, netflix, amazon-tech, uber, etc: employees are probably handsomely paid, and taxes probably aren't. Actually as a factoid, I recently changed jobs, and got handed an iphone for work. People noticed it and commented on it, whereas a pixel would probably have not raised much attention.
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- kernal 3y agoYou mean the same people that use it as a verb? Which is the highest compliment you could give a product and is so rare that companies can only dream about it.
- alphabetting 3y agoYoutube and Google are the top two highest favorability brands among gen Z https://archive.is/8Ippr https://archive.is/8Ippr
- trasz4 3y ago>Others in Gen Z’s top 10 include M&M’s, Walmart, Target, Doritos, KitKat, and Oreo. Makes one wonder if it's actually representative of the whole gen Z, or just some specific western subset.
- Thrymr 3y agoIt is based on a survey in the US, as stated in the article.
- hummer_embark 3y agoAre age coherts like "gen z" relevant outside of a single country? I don't know if generations would line up world wide. Perhaps "baby boomers" would line up Europe wide becuase WWII ended at the same time for all of the continent.
- trasz4 3y agoSure - there definitely are Zoomers in UK, but I doubt many of them would ever recognize Target or Walmart brands.