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[โ€“] einfach_orangensaft@sh.itjust.works 12 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Google always been evil, and "dont be evil" was a warning to the user to not search for fucked up shit or u end up on a list.

[โ€“] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

It legitimately was for them, if you're being serious.

Unfortunately, you make a publicly traded company, and it will always act like a publicly traded company, in the end. No pithy saying in the code of conduct will change that. It's like how every dictatorship tends to become a monarchy.