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Marissa Mayer is getting a little weird in the quest to show she has brought some value to Yahoo. She runs a company that cares about you and want the "best us
by mscarborough 12y ago
Marissa Mayer is getting a little weird in the quest to show she has brought some value to Yahoo.
She runs a company that cares about you and want the "best user experience", so long as it doesn't hurt the bottom line at all. And the next rounds of layoffs are probably not too far away, from everything I've heard.
- gcb0 12y agoshe learned at google that this matters little. just see android announcing to you carrier that you use tethering, or the fact that google employers actively REMOVE features from chromium that impact adsense revenue such as disabling referrer, etc.
- MichaelGG 12y agoChrome's options for DNT are hilarious. For every other option, like spelling, they give you an order of (Yes, No) when you check the box to enable the option. For spelling correction, they encourage you to enable it with the phrasing. For DNT, they have a lengthy explanation of how tracking is still done and totally helps your experience. Then the reverse the order of the buttons so the default is to cancel out of the operation. Seems unlikely this was implemented as an accident.
- meepmorp 12y agoIt's not a surprise, really - Yahoo is a business that thrives on data about advertising targets, much like Google. "Don't be evil," is as much a bunch of marketing bullshit that'll be thrown out the window the moment it becomes inconvenient for the real goal of the enterprise. I just find the apparent need to hide behind bromides such as these distasteful, particularly when they're not merely empty little phrases, but empty little phrases that are directly contradicted by the actions and interests if the organization that employs them.