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[-] Computerchairgeneral@kbin.social 45 points 1 year ago

Honestly, this is about what I expect from Google nowadays. It's surprising when they manage to live up to the "Don't be Evil" motto they used to have.

[-] Luke_Fartnocker@lemm.ee 29 points 1 year ago

There's a reason they got rid of that motto.

[-] dan@upvote.au 9 points 1 year ago

They never got rid of it though. I don't understand why people keep repeating this. See the final paragraph here: https://abc.xyz/investor/google-code-of-conduct/

[-] Adanisi@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 year ago

They might as well have though 🙃

[-] Quexotic@beehaw.org 9 points 1 year ago

don't be evil and if you see something, speak up

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=google+whistleblower+fired

Oh really Google?

[-] Jummit@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's double speak. The translation is "We are evil and if you say something about what you see, we will silence you.".

[-] Luke_Fartnocker@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Wait, that's the government's stance also.

[-] Jummit@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago

Are you beginning to see things more clearly now?

[-] dan@upvote.au 1 points 1 year ago

It helps that the rain has gone

[-] beejjorgensen@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago

Depends on your definition of "evil", I guess.

[-] Quexotic@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Lol, right? Bit of a slippery slope over at the ol search and advertising factory.

[-] Omniraptor@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They removed it from the main body as like, an organizing principle. and left it in only one sentence at the end. https://gizmodo.com/google-removes-nearly-all-mentions-of-dont-be-evil-from-1826153393

[-] dan@upvote.au 2 points 1 year ago

Sure, that's different to totally removing it though.

[-] Luke_Fartnocker@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

I heard several news stories stating that they had, but I guess that's my fault for believing the news. I just assumed they would get something right eventually.

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