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.
It’s a Google issue because the executives… specifically chose to chase higher profits on the stock exchange. There’s plenty of private companies that make money, yet retain their soul and aren’t at the quarterly whim of outside investors…
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.
It’s a Google issue because the executives… specifically chose to chase higher profits on the stock exchange. There’s plenty of private companies that make money, yet retain their soul and aren’t at the quarterly whim of outside investors…
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?
How the mighty have fallen
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.