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.
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.
How the mighty have fallen
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?
yea, its funny to see xkcd.com/792 from 2010, back when google wasn’t evil
As it turns out, making boatloads of money despite already doing that was the plan.