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Full disclosure, am googler, opinions are my own, etc etc From the article it sounds like it's actually $42-$79 that most of us didn't have to fight particular

Full disclosure, am googler, opinions are my own, etc etc From the article it sounds like it's actually $42-$79 that most of us didn't have to fight particularly hard for

johntiger1 3y ago
Congrats! looks like you hit the jackpot
- klipt 3y ago
  That's almost a 0.01% annual bonus!
  - anuraaga 3y ago
    I think it's closer to 1%. If the average Googler drinks 500 lattes per year on campus, this seems to enable about 5 more off campus.
joshl32532 3y ago
Unless you're Google SVP+, nobody will think you're speaking for Google...
- Freedom2 3y ago
  Or even speaking on behalf of a significant part of Google employees. The hubris of HN Googlers is astounding, sometimes.
  - nabogh 3y ago
    They're trying to avoid repurcussions from saying something their employer doesn't endorse
    - Freedom2 3y ago
      No reasonable person would think that Google, the company, would endorse a message like this: > it's actually $42-$79 that most of us didn't have to fight particularly hard for
- Rebelgecko 3y ago
  Mostly just trying to avoid an awkward gotcha moment where someone digs through my comment history, finds a reference to my employer, and accuses me of some sort of shilling. I've seen it happen to other people and IMO it's better to go with the lame disclaimer.
- aleksiy123 3y ago
  There's quite a bit of news stories that start of with "Googlers <verb> ..." which is based on the comments of a couple employees. Better to just play it safe.
O1111OOO 3y ago
> Full disclosure, am googler, opinions are my own, etc etc > From the article it sounds like it's actually $42-$79 that most of us didn't have to fight particularly hard for Lots of litigation most of us aren't even aware of. Early this year, I came across a Google class-action relating to "the inclusion of Google search queries in referrer headers": https://www.refererheadersettlement.com/ https://www.refererheadersettlement.com/ I normally would have closed the tab but this time... why not.

Full disclosure, am googler, opinions are my own, etc etc From the article it sounds like it's actually $42-$79 that most of us didn't have to fight particularly hard for

johntiger1 3y ago

Congrats! looks like you hit the jackpot

klipt 3y ago
That's almost a 0.01% annual bonus!
- anuraaga 3y ago
  I think it's closer to 1%. If the average Googler drinks 500 lattes per year on campus, this seems to enable about 5 more off campus.

joshl32532 3y ago

Unless you're Google SVP+, nobody will think you're speaking for Google...

Freedom2 3y ago
Or even speaking on behalf of a significant part of Google employees. The hubris of HN Googlers is astounding, sometimes.
- nabogh 3y ago
  They're trying to avoid repurcussions from saying something their employer doesn't endorse
  - Freedom2 3y ago
    No reasonable person would think that Google, the company, would endorse a message like this: > it's actually $42-$79 that most of us didn't have to fight particularly hard for
Rebelgecko 3y ago
Mostly just trying to avoid an awkward gotcha moment where someone digs through my comment history, finds a reference to my employer, and accuses me of some sort of shilling. I've seen it happen to other people and IMO it's better to go with the lame disclaimer.
aleksiy123 3y ago
There's quite a bit of news stories that start of with "Googlers <verb> ..." which is based on the comments of a couple employees. Better to just play it safe.

O1111OOO 3y ago

> Full disclosure, am googler, opinions are my own, etc etc > From the article it sounds like it's actually $42-$79 that most of us didn't have to fight particularly hard for Lots of litigation most of us aren't even aware of. Early this year, I came across a Google class-action relating to "the inclusion of Google search queries in referrer headers": https://www.refererheadersettlement.com/ https://www.refererheadersettlement.com/ I normally would have closed the tab but this time... why not.