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Just out of curiosity. Are there any companies today that are seen the way Google used to be seen, as a generally “good” corporation/companies that are also a i
by hsuduebc2 8mo ago
Just out of curiosity. Are there any companies today that are seen the way Google used to be seen, as a generally “good” corporation/companies that are also a important player? Maybe Mozilla Foundation?
- agilob 8mo agoBlizzard, Microsoft come to mind
- saubeidl 8mo agoBlizzard is a bunch of sex pests and Microsoft is the guys with the AI upsells on every inch of their OS...
- agilob 8mo agoWasn't Blizzard pretty alright back when Diablo 2 was released? and then LoD?
- SlightlyLeftPad 8mo agoAll that was Blizzard North honestly. So it depended on locality.
- passwordoops 8mo agoHow far back do you have to go for Microsoft to be seen as "good" the way Google was?
- AlexandrB 8mo agoBlizzard ~10 years ago, maybe. Microslop has always been one of the worst. I don't understand why anyone would have a positive disposition towards Microslop.
- govideo 8mo agoyep re blizzard. they've gotten lots better since the msft acquisition, based on my (limited) experiences with the newer employees there.
- InitialLastName 8mo agoAnthropic seems to be chasing that angle (c.f. their run of "AI that doesn't advertise to you" commercials).
- nickthegreek 8mo agoThey have contracts with Palantir.
- InitialLastName 8mo agoGP's question was about perception, not reality.
- skeptic_ai 8mo agoCome back in 2-3 years. I bet will be one of the worst if still around
- AlexandrB 8mo agoMaybe Valve?
- moogly 8mo agoDegenerate gambling company.
- SlightlyLeftPad 8mo agoAgreed. Nvidia too maybe? That said, Nvidia is highly competitive and has built a walled garden via their software so I have mixed feelings.
- skeptic_ai 8mo agoMaybe proton, but even that… is not great.
- rchaud 8mo agoThere are no good mega-corporations, only a honeymoon period where they haven't grown large enough to start horse-trading for favorable treatment from the state.
- jeffbee 8mo agoThere are exactly zero organizations that will refuse to comply with subpoenas and warrants. It isn't up to business to fix the national government.
- jeffbee 8mo agoBy the way, perhaps your point of view on Google has evolved but on the question of the way Google is seen today by American consumers it is still right up there with Kleenex and Jesus. Furthermore, pretty much everyone, in America and abroad, views business as both more ethical and more effective than governments and non-governmental organizations.
- danans 8mo ago> Furthermore, pretty much everyone, in America and abroad, views business as both more ethical and more effective than governments and non-governmental organizations. "Transnational oligarchic mega-corporations" !== "business". People don't like the former. They like businesses that operate at closer to human and community scale.