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Yes, it is Google. The Register puts out high-quality articles but maintains its very sarcastic tone which found its fit in a much earlier internet era (Founde
by reaperman 2y ago
Yes, it is Google.
The Register puts out high-quality articles but maintains its very sarcastic tone which found its fit in a much earlier internet era (Founded in 1994!). It strove to be the IT-workers own news outlet, in stark contrast to IT-capitalist trade magazines/WSJ/etc.
“The Chocolate Factory” is its sarcastic moniker for Google, and 10-15 years ago it fit quite well - satirical but descriptive. The moniker almost made fun of TheReg’s own readers as much as Google itself. Now the same name almost drips with venom in context of how much less cool Google is than it once was.