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minus-squareAceticon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up77arrow-down2·2 years ago“Do no evil1” 1 unless we can make money from it.
minus-squareJonEFive@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·2 years agoThere’s a reason that doesn’t appear on their site or in their docs any more. It was a canary clause.
minus-squarecannache@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoI feel like there’s scales of evil here Google starts to need to highlight on a whiteboard
minus-squaretrent@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoActually, their slogan was “Don’t be evil.” But they revised it recently by adding a comma after the first word.
minus-squareBoomkop3@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoNot anymore: they ditched it for “do the right thing (for my wallet)” a couple years back
minus-squareSendMePhotos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·2 years agoI mean… “evil” is arbitrary, right?
minus-squarejonne@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoNot arbitrary enough that they thought they could keep saying it. They ditched that about a decade ago.
minus-squareAceticon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years ago“It’s evil not to make as much money as possible”, Google founders. C-suite and board, probably.
minus-squareMarxism-Fennekinism@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down5·2 years agoAny organisation that needs to remind themselves not to be evil is already intrinsically evil.
minus-squaretegs_terry@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 years agoI think they changed it didn’t they?
minus-squareMarxism-Fennekinism@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoI think it’s “do the right thing” now
minus-squareJonEFive@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 years agoRight - “Do no evil” uhhh… Is that not your default setting?
“Do no evil1”
1 unless we can make money from it.
There’s a reason that doesn’t appear on their site or in their docs any more. It was a canary clause.
I feel like there’s scales of evil here Google starts to need to highlight on a whiteboard
Actually, their slogan was “Don’t be evil.” But they revised it recently by adding a comma after the first word.
Not anymore: they ditched it for “do the right thing (for my wallet)” a couple years back
I mean… “evil” is arbitrary, right?
Not arbitrary enough that they thought they could keep saying it. They ditched that about a decade ago.
“It’s evil not to make as much money as possible”, Google founders. C-suite and board, probably.
Any organisation that needs to remind themselves not to be evil is already intrinsically evil.
I think they changed it didn’t they?
I think it’s “do the right thing” now
For the shareholders
Ahh, much more leeway
Right - “Do no evil” uhhh… Is that not your default setting?