Oh come on - it's not like we think Google abandoned their "do no evil" mantra or their mission to organize the world's information simply because they went pub

Oh come on - it's not like we think Google abandoned their "do no evil" mantra or their mission to organize the world's information simply because they went public...or Apple stopped designing great products and revolting against mainstay ways we view our relationships with technology. Granted, there may be additional considerations, but I doubt any person who has worked there would say that optimizing shareholder value is #1 priority (though I do believe the former was abandoned for other reasons, but that's a separate discussion...)