Rachel MariaJun 16, 2023
SwiftOnSecurity
Google sits in the hotel bed on their honeymoon, taking a drag on a cigarette. The shower turns off, partner exiting the bathroom.
"Get out," Google points, flicking ash on bedsheets.
Their partner is stunned. "What?"
Google huffed. "It's been 18 months, that's all I commit for."
Jun 16, 2023 at 3:45amWeb
Show threadScott Jun 16, 2023
@SwiftOnSecurity still wild how they used to be all “don’t be evil” and then just one day decided they were simply done not being evil
Show threadNoah GibbsJun 16, 2023

@scotts @SwiftOnSecurity

"Don't Be Evil" was a dig at Microsoft back when they said it. At some point they stopped caring as much about Microsoft.

Show threadBryan GingerJun 17, 2023
@codefolio @scotts @SwiftOnSecurity they stopped caring about being evil too
Show threadNoah GibbsJun 17, 2023

@bcgoss @scotts @SwiftOnSecurity

I'm suggesting it wasn't really an aversion to evil then either. It was a business strategy and a declaration of war, not against evil, but against the then-incumbent.

It *was* really obvious who they were aiming at back when they said it. There's an old Paul Graham essay that tries to explain what MS used to mean to the old timers. It's hard to explain: http://www.paulgraham.com/microsoft.html

Microsoft is Dead

Show threadChris BrownJun 16, 2023
@SwiftOnSecurity Jesus, this is too real.
Show threadAlan Miller  🇺🇦Jun 16, 2023
@SwiftOnSecurity nobody should ever depend on any Google service continuing to exist.
Show threadRicardo HarvinJun 16, 2023
@fencepost @SwiftOnSecurity I guess my 18 year run with Gmail is at risk 😬😂
Show threadAlan Miller  🇺🇦Jun 16, 2023
@ricardoharvin @SwiftOnSecurity Gmail is probably the safest thing they have, because they need an identity infrastructure to tie all the ad focused data collection to real people.
Show threadsimon grayJun 16, 2023
@SwiftOnSecurity @fencepost It’s bad enough the way on a whim they drop notionally experimental services that nobody is paying for and that are merely conveniences rather than essential. But what’s astonishing is the same way in which they’ll drop essential enterprise services businesses pay a lot of money to rely on.
Show threadTor ChristianJun 16, 2023
Unfortunately, the trend of "startups" isn't the trend of "stayups".
Show threadThiago FigueiróJun 16, 2023
@SwiftOnSecurity I thought this was going to be a DiCaprio punchline.
Show threadRandy OrrisonJun 16, 2023
@SwiftOnSecurity What I hated about Twitter’s length restriction was the interesting tweets with no context. Presumably this is referring to the 18 month inactivity account closure policy? (That’s what I find searching for google 18 months.) In that case isn’t it more like the partner gets out of the shower after 18 months and finds that Google has just left? Or is this about something else?
Show threadBodhipaksaJun 16, 2023
@SwiftOnSecurity The fact that Gmail is still going strong after all these years suggests that they have figured out how to do something with the data they're capturing that's very, very detrimental to our well-being.
Show threadstrwbrryJenJun 18, 2023
@SwiftOnSecurity whelp we've been over do to take google out back and uh euthenize them....for being infected with evil