Is Google “much loathed”? It’s thanks to Google that the world’s largest browser engine and operating system are both open source. Yes we can list bad things they’ve done but they’ve also done a lot of good.
Our minds like to process entities/companies like Google as human beings, which allows us to assign emotions to these things. But the truth is, they are nothing but a glorified Chinese room experiment.
People made the largest browser engine and operating system, not Google. Without people, the company is nothing. A company like Google is nothing but a set of self operating rules.
I love/loathe Google just as much as I love/loathe my weekly /tmp cleaning cron job. Even if it accidentally nukes my files, it’s just doing as it’s designed to do.
You design a system to maximize shareholder value, it will do exactly that without caring a single thing about human ethics.
Holdovers from when “don’t be evil” was still a thing.
Both Android and Chromium are rapidly deteriorating in regards to FOSS. Yes, they are technically FOSS, but in the stranglehold of Google who keep carving away more and more freedoms.
Just consider Google Play Integrity and Manifest v3 (in regards to e.g. Adblocking) as two obvious examples.
If Google could, they’d instantly close the Android sources and remove the ability to adblock on Chromium.
Is Google “much loathed”? It’s thanks to Google that the world’s largest browser engine and operating system are both open source. Yes we can list bad things they’ve done but they’ve also done a lot of good.
Our minds like to process entities/companies like Google as human beings, which allows us to assign emotions to these things. But the truth is, they are nothing but a glorified Chinese room experiment.
People made the largest browser engine and operating system, not Google. Without people, the company is nothing. A company like Google is nothing but a set of self operating rules.
I love/loathe Google just as much as I love/loathe my weekly /tmp cleaning cron job. Even if it accidentally nukes my files, it’s just doing as it’s designed to do.
You design a system to maximize shareholder value, it will do exactly that without caring a single thing about human ethics.
Holdovers from when “don’t be evil” was still a thing.
Both Android and Chromium are rapidly deteriorating in regards to FOSS. Yes, they are technically FOSS, but in the stranglehold of Google who keep carving away more and more freedoms.
Just consider Google Play Integrity and Manifest v3 (in regards to e.g. Adblocking) as two obvious examples.
If Google could, they’d instantly close the Android sources and remove the ability to adblock on Chromium.
It is remarkable that there are still people with whom their goodwill is not entirely spent. They really had us in the early years.