No, I don’t think this is correct. There was a time during which Google did great things. Their search engine allowed millions if not billions to gain access to knowledge. They had a positive impact on a lot of FOSS projects. What they were is not what they are.
yabbadabaddon@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
No, I don’t think this is correct. There was a time during which Google did great things. Their search engine allowed millions if not billions to gain access to knowledge. They had a positive impact on a lot of FOSS projects. What they were is not what they are.
gnutrino@programming.dev 1 day ago
The tell was getting rid of “don’t be evil” as their motto. Even for a corporation that was a little on the nose.
WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
the bad things started earlier
digital_digger@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Agreed. They even refused to extend their services to China because of censure. But that was before, after change of CEO, enshittification started.