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submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 97 points 5 months ago (2 children)

"Do no evil" really never had a chance, did it?

[–] [email protected] 50 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Following Google’s restructure as a subsidiary of Alphabet, “Don’t be evil” was removed as their motto in 2018.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 5 months ago (2 children)

They were literally like, “Fuck that. Let’s do evil.”

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

Good: Less money now, maybe better long term reputation and more sustainable business.

Evil: More money now, better quarterly report this quarter. Who gives a fuck about the long term.

The choice was obvious from the start. Sigh...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

Pure Evil: more money now, and all the money later from crushing competition and taking over the government

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Money sucks.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

People suck.
Removing money doesn't stop people from being assholes.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Then again, greed and power definitely corrupts people. But if you mean all people have that potential, then yea.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Ironically it aligned pretty closely with changing their decision to not engage in this very behavior in China.