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Google Removed 749M Anna's Archive URLs from Its S...
That phrase is Google's mission statement.
moffkalast
15 days ago
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I thought their mission statement was "Don't be evil", until they shortened it for practicality to just "Be evil". It's certainly how they've been behaving in recent years.
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It's now "Don't be evil*"
* Subject to terms and conditions, lack of evil not be available in all regions.
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That wasn't ever a mission statement, and fwiw it was in the employee handbook still in 2023 when I got laid off.
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They changed it more than ten years ago into "Do the right thing".
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I like "Don't be evil" better. It inherently acknowledges their position of power in a way that "do the right thing" hides
satvikpendem
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Motto, not mission statement.
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