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[-] psvrh@lemmy.ca 97 points 5 months ago

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

[-] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 50 points 5 months ago

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

[-] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 41 points 5 months ago

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

[-] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 9 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

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...

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

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

[-] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago

Money sucks.

[-] Zacryon@lemmy.wtf 3 points 5 months ago

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

[-] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 2 points 5 months ago

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

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

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

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