• Ganbat@lemmyonline.com
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    10 months ago

    I wish there was a clear point at time where “Don’t be evil,” turned into “Let’s be fucking evil.” As it stands, all I can tell for sure is that we’re definitely at the second.

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      10 months ago

      It happened when they shut down google labs back in 00’s. Geeks got kicked out and it was all in on money

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        10 months ago

        Yeah. Then or around when Google merged with double click. That’s when the ad leeches weaseled their way in.