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Reports of Google's decline are greatly exaggerated :) G+ is annoying, but these days no large company can make all their users happy, with all their products/f
by guybrushT 13y ago
Reports of Google's decline are greatly exaggerated :) G+ is annoying, but these days no large company can make all their users happy, with all their products/features/changes, all the time. The so-called erosion of 'Don't be evil' has just become more apparent now, but as long as I have known google, they always made money from ads - and ads are fundamentally evil (IMHO).
Search, maps, email etc are quite nice and I use those everyday. Fast, reliable, solid products - vastly improved since I first used them (many years ago). Where is the decline?
- Someone 13y agoAds are _fundamentally_ evil? What mechanism do you propose for bringing new products to the attention of customers, then? Or are new products and/or customers also fundamentally evil, IYHO?
- kbenson 13y agoI wouldn't say they are fundamentally evil, but I think as the field of advertising has advanced along with psychology, there's some troubling current and possible future uses we should be wary of. At this point I think having a wary stance towards advertising is not only acceptable, it's prudent.
- dingaling 13y agoMost ads are designed to resonate on an emotional level, rather than being purely informative. It's the sophistication of their design in order to pierce our emotional 'firewall' that makes them 'evil'; they're basically exploits against the human mind.
- izolate 13y agoSuch poetic diction. I agree completely.
- pit 13y agoWord of mouth.
- tomw1808 13y agoI would say HN brought a couple of new products to my mind... and I doubt here are any ads hidden ;). Instead they do, what is incredible powerful with their voting-system. And they don't cheat on their readers. That is great. At least to me.