Can’t fool me, they gave it away when they removed “Don’t be evil” from their motto back in 2015.
Exactly this man
Fool me once, shame on…shame on you. Fool me—you can’t get fooled again.
There’s also another continuation: “fool me twice - shame on me”.
The above was a reference to a rather famous instance of George W Bush fumbling over trying to remember the full quite.
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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
They were already evil at that time so honestly it was refreshingly honest when they dropped it
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!
https://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
Do you own stock in Alphabet or are you a bootlicker for free?
Didn’t realize correcting false information is boot licking.
Enjoy living in your own reality where you tell yourself whatever makes you feel better.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don’t_be_evil
“Don’t be evil” is Google’s former motto, and a phrase used in Google’s corporate code of conduct.
The original motto was retained in Google’s code of conduct, now a subsidiary of Alphabet. In April 2018, the motto was removed from the code of conduct’s preface and retained in its last sentence.[6]
Please explain how verified facts is false information.
EDIT: Also, why did you not contest the claim from others who proved you wrong, if they are all wrong?
They just moved it. It’s still in place. Thanks for proving me right.
Yeah they changed from “We can’t do evil” to “If we do evil, that’s on you to report”. That’s exactly the same.
You didn’t correct false information. “Don’t be evil” was removed from their motto and you didn’t give any evidence to disprove that.
No they didn’t. Please stop spreading this false rumour.
https://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!
That’s not their code of conduct, they are telling YOU not to be evil.
That’s not their motto
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don't_be_evil was specifically removed from their motto in 2015
“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.
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…”
Maybe being evil would be to not change the motto and start doing evil acts anyway. Simpler answer is that somebody probably thought it was a stupid thing to have on there in the first place, and was likely thought up by a Cheeto stained LOTR neckbeard.
Spoken like a guy who wants to avoid getting in trouble for being a bad person
Google seems a great fit for you
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Y’all I found the bad guy
“Good and evil are arbitrary” mfers when I chop off their balls and feed them to their kids because I wanted to:
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.
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.
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?
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”.
