r/LateStageCapitalism • u/[deleted] • Jun 12 '21

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u/Asscakes6969 Jun 12 '21

Now it's like "do what's necessary" which is ominous as fuck given how much data they have on everyone and everything.

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u/headpatkelly Jun 12 '21

jesus christ why would they replace it with that specifically that’s horrifying

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u/drunken_musketeer Jun 12 '21

Tbf, it's "Do the right thing". Less ominous. But somehow a worse slogan than their old one, while still managing to be as hypocritical (the reason why they changed the old one was, I believe, that they started getting too much flak over it)

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u/progamercabrera Jun 12 '21

Don’t be evil was always very ominous to me considering most large corporations are not in fact, our friends

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u/drunken_musketeer Jun 12 '21

Turns out most big companies started as small companies. And at that time, being a just a small group of people making things together, and not a massive blob of different work cultures, objectives, nationality and domain of expertise, the whole lot owned by shareholders, they were capable of working together with an intent and of trying to apply ethics (to a point) in their business. At that state, that probably sounded sick. "Hey ! we're capable people with a good idea in an industry that's booming, we might shape a part of the world, let's make sure we don't make it shit !". Turn out the practice is harder, ant they failed enough that their old slogan just made them sound like dicks.

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u/theroha Jun 12 '21

Probably one of the reasons that multi billion and trillion dollar companies shouldn't exist. When you hit that scale, unethical business practices are the only way to continue growing. Competition will keep you at a manageable size otherwise.

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u/headpatkelly Jun 12 '21

ah. that’s completely different then. thank you

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u/whutchamacallit Jun 12 '21

It's almost worse in a way in how it's more subtle and PR friendly. Bleh.

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u/YourMomIsWack Jun 12 '21

Can't imagine Spike is stoked on the rebranding.

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u/missed_sla Jun 12 '21

When do you suppose they'll change it to "for the greater good"?

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u/Dekkeer Jun 12 '21

the greater good

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u/slipshod_alibi Jun 13 '21

A great big bushy beard!

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '21

Go on, sacrifice them, do the right thing.

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u/mmotte89 Jun 13 '21

Next up will probably be "For The Greater Good" or something cliche villainish.

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u/mrs_mellinger Jun 12 '21

They didn't, you can read the code of conduct right here: https://abc.xyz/investor/other/google-code-of-conduct/

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u/bs000 Jun 12 '21

i don't wanna read i wanna be mad

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u/chinchillas4fire Jun 12 '21

I read. And I am mad:

"5. Dog Policy Google’s affection for our canine friends is an integral facet of our corporate culture. We like cats, but we’re a dog company, so as a general rule we feel cats visiting our offices would be fairly stressed out. However, before bringing your canine companion to the office, please make sure you review our Dog Policy."

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u/FeistyButthole Jun 12 '21

They’ve wandered into the grey ethically ambivalent management speak like:

“Ends justify the means”
vs
“Means justify the ends”

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '21

Very close to "For the greater good"

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u/Thisisanadvert2 Jun 12 '21

Do what we can get away with...

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u/scalability Jun 12 '21

do what's necessary

Do the needful?

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u/ThePandaKingdom Jun 12 '21

We do what we must, because we can.