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I take a totally different position than you do. If I can't think of a technical reason Google can't get data from something, I assume they do. Why do you think
by camgunz 2y ago
I take a totally different position than you do. If I can't think of a technical reason Google can't get data from something, I assume they do. Why do you think otherwise? Google's full of exactly the same rapacious MBA types that Facebook is, and has the exact same obligations to its shareholders. They're essentially the same business (trap users in your services to mine their data and show them ads). I honestly see very little difference.
- rbetts 2y agoI find the MBA hate on HN so weird. The founders and leaders of these companies are technologists first. We need to look in the mirror - there's no dodge that software developers, not MBAs, have built these invasive, addictive, misleading, and dangerous products.
- westmeal 2y agoThe MBAs tell them to build invasive, addictive misleading and dangerous products and they have to do it otherwise the software developer gets replaced with another one that will do the job.
- tremon 2y agoMBA's are almost never first-time founders. You can find them circling above these companies and positions only after a company has become successful, looking to extract more "value" out of an already-existing (and usually captive) userbase.
- camgunz 2y agoSorry if "MBA" is distracting, rapacious is what I was hoping would be the main thing.