StrongHorseWeakNeigh@lemmy.world to internet funeral@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoGoogle ad on a magazine from 1999i.redd.itimagemessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up117arrow-down10file-text
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/22055566 Google ad on a magazine from 1999 Author: /u/Away_Flounder3813 Link Shared on Reddit Original Reddit Comments
minus-squareapfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoAhh yes the “Do no evil” era.
minus-squareHowManyNimons@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoI would like to have been a fly on the wall at the meeting when they decided “OK now we’re evil, right?”
minus-squareA_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoHow the mighty have fallen
minus-squarejballs@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoNotice that era was before they went public. Then it predictably became the “how do we make a profit this quarter?” era.
minus-squareAdrianTheFrog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoyea, its funny to see xkcd.com/792 from 2010, back when google wasn’t evil
minus-squarefsxylo@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoAs it turns out, making boatloads of money despite already doing that was the plan.
Ahh yes the “Do no evil” era.
I would like to have been a fly on the wall at the meeting when they decided “OK now we’re evil, right?”
How the mighty have fallen
Notice that era was before they went public. Then it predictably became the “how do we make a profit this quarter?” era.
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.