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      10 months ago

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

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          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…

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

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      We keep saying that, but it’s always “Waaaaahhh self hosting is so hard! I don’t wanna pay for my audience’s bandwidth! I need the YouTube algorithm for promotion!”

      Fuckin babies thinking they deserve to be hailed as content creator entrepreneurs.