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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/22055566
Google ad on a magazine from 1999
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If only they had stuck with that
They definitely abandoned the “do one thing well” philosophy.
And the “don’t be evil” philosophy
No they just changed the focus of that to making money.
Ahh yes the “Do no evil” era.
Notice that era was before they went public. Then it predictably became the “how do we make a profit this quarter?” era.
That’s not a Google issue. That’s literally each and every public traded corporation. They need to maximize shareholders profits by definition.
Could we stop stock markets and that? I’d love it.
I don’t believe anyone decided to step in deeper shit one step at a time, they listed, and from there onwards it’s the only possible path. Death by a thousand greedy strokes.
I would like to have been a fly on the wall at the meeting when they decided “OK now we’re evil, right?”
are we the baddies?
All these companies start off with altruistic intentions and then become evil. Money and power is helluva drug.
