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> “I don’t want the message to be we are doing this because the ads team needs more revenue” That's pure gold. When people start with "I don't want to / I am n
by rdtsc 3y ago
> “I don’t want the message to be we are doing this because the ads team needs more revenue”
That's pure gold. When people start with "I don't want to / I am not ..." and then proceed to say or do exactly that.
- "I don't want to be the asshole here" /proceeds to be an asshole.
- "To be perfectly honest" /starts making stuff up
Jerry is really pushing there and the goal is clear: "Long-term: It feels like through some deliberate efforts we can actually use entry points like Chrome to drive query growth... we should explore this aggressively."
None of this is surprising but it's interesting to have it right from the horses' mouths, so to speak.
- FireBeyond 3y agoWell, to be "fair", he never said he wanted to not do it... They just don't want that to be the message that accompanies it.
- saghm 3y agoYeah, this is the key insight IMO; the implication is that everyone knows that's the real reason, and the only question is whether to be honest or not.
- solardev 3y agoTranslation: You need to do this so we get paid. Same team, right? But don't make us look bad. Spin it so we don't get the blame.