Current Events > When did Google make the transition from cool company to evil company?

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The_Popo
11/22/24 9:04:11 PM
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In its earlier days, it was seen as a cool company, one that was great to its employees and one that other companies should strive to be like. And as they got bigger, the narrative swayed in the other direction.

But around when or what event in its history would you say was the turning point for them?

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Evthean
11/22/24 9:05:19 PM
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When they removed the motto

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008Zulu
11/22/24 9:06:47 PM
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Youtube subscriptions.

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Robot2600
11/22/24 9:08:25 PM
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the alphabet stuff

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SpawnShadow
11/22/24 9:09:01 PM
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When they became a company in the first place. They just gradually stopped bothering to hide the inherent evil over time.

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Giacomo_Hawkins
11/22/24 9:10:07 PM
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It probably began before Ruth Porat, but it certainly accelerated since then.

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11/22/24 9:12:11 PM
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I guess whenever they started expanding. Hard to keep a culture locked down as you grow.

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K181
11/22/24 9:13:27 PM
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5:33 AM Central Time, April 17, 2014

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MagiMarthKoopa
11/22/24 9:16:14 PM
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I don't remember them ever being cool
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