• yabbadabaddon@lemmy.zip
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    11 hours ago

    No, I don’t think this is correct. There was a time during which Google did great things. Their search engine allowed millions if not billions to gain access to knowledge. They had a positive impact on a lot of FOSS projects. What they were is not what they are.

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      3 hours ago

      Agreed. They even refused to extend their services to China because of censure. But that was before, after change of CEO, enshittification started.

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      10 hours ago

      The tell was getting rid of “don’t be evil” as their motto. Even for a corporation that was a little on the nose.