The first time I saw the slogan all I could think is “a normal not-evil person doesn’t need to make such a disclaimer”.
Comment on Sundar Pichai argues in court that Google isn’t evil, it’s just a business
deegeese@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
Can’t fool me, they gave it away when they removed “Don’t be evil” from their motto back in 2015.
BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Polar@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
No they didn’t. Please stop spreading this false rumour.
abc.xyz/investor/google-code-of-conduct/
And remember… don’t be evil, and if you see something that you think isn’t right – speak up!
Jackcooper@lemmy.world 1 year ago
That’s not their motto
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don't_be_evil was specifically removed from their motto in 2015
queue@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
“Stop spreading this false rumor” and then gets proven wrong by a simple link to Wikipedia found in 5 seconds on google. I’m curious if they own stock in Alphabet, as I wouldn’t give a shit about their internal code of ethics when they don’t seemingly obey them.
Also “false rumor” is kind of a needless statement. A rumor is false until proven true. Like an “unsolved mystery” is always unsolved, if it was solved, it would not be a mystery.
sneezycat@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
That’s not their code of conduct, they are telling YOU not to be evil.
quantum_mechanic@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Lol, how simplistic do you have to be to believe this means anything? First off, you need to believe in good and evil, which are completely arbitrary. And do you think they thought “hmm, we need to start doing evil things do extract more profit… Change the motto so everybody knows! But then we’ll pretend to not be evil when confronted about this change…”
Sanctus@lemmy.world 1 year ago
“Good and evil are arbitrary” mfers when I chop off their balls and feed them to their kids because I wanted to:
Moobythegoldensock@lemm.ee 1 year ago
They started deemphasizing the motto when they became a conglomerate in 2015, and removed it completely in 2018 after employees started getting fired for criticizing Google’s shady dealings with the Customs and Border Protection Agency.
Essentially, the employees argued that Google including “don’t be evil” in their contracts made them ethically obligated to speak up against bad behavior, and they didn’t actually want that. So it appears Google did indeed have a definition of “evil,” and when forced to choose between changing their practice or their definition, they chose the latter.
skulblaka@kbin.social 1 year ago
It's what is known as a canary statement. Taken from when miners used to take canaries into the mines so that the bird would die first if there was toxic gas.
If the canary is dead, something is wrong. Google had it in their mission statement to not do bad things, then that was quietly removed. The canary is dead.
Boiglenoight@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Y’all I found the bad guy
wildginger@lemmy.myserv.one 1 year ago
Spoken like a guy who wants to avoid getting in trouble for being a bad person
Google seems a great fit for you
seth@lemmy.world 1 year ago
We should’ve seen it coming; I just realized I’ve never heard “ogle” used in a positive way, and it’s what the company name is literally commanding us to do. Hindsight is 20/20.
Gabu@lemmy.world 1 year ago
So what you’re saying is that driving a rusty nail through your eyeball into your brain isn’t evil at all, and totally fine to do?
VampyreOfNazareth@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Exactly this man
Jackcooper@lemmy.world 1 year ago
They were already evil at that time so honestly it was refreshingly honest when they dropped it
Polar@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Except they didn’t drop it.
And remember… don’t be evil, and if you see something that you think isn’t right – speak up!
Jackcooper@lemmy.world 1 year ago
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don't_be_evil it’s dropped. Telling investors somewhere in the code of conduct is different from being their official motto
queue@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
Do you own stock in Alphabet or are you a bootlicker for free?
Polar@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Didn’t realize correcting false information is boot licking.
Enjoy living in your own reality where you tell yourself whatever makes you feel better.
FrostyTrichs@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Fool me once, shame on…shame on you. Fool me—you can’t get fooled again.
vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org 1 year ago
There’s also another continuation: “fool me twice - shame on me”.
KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 1 year ago
The above was a reference to a rather famous instance of George W Bush fumbling over trying to remember the full quite.
rckclmbr@lemm.ee 1 year ago
He didn’t forget the quote, he realized he was going to say “shame on me” and didn’t want to be quoted as saying “shame on me” so was trying to think of something else to say
vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org 1 year ago
Oh. Thx.