Google started out as a tech company and then later became a part of the US Deep State (Prism program). I think any good the company was doing will be long overshadowed by this unfortunate relationship. Eric Schmidt bears the greatest responsibility for moving Google in this direction. The revelations of Julian Assange basically demolished the myth of "Don't be evil". Google was revealed as a company that in fact did much evil. Seeing Julian slowly die in prison on false rape charges while Google profited immensely helping destroy whatever was left of our digital rights and privacy certainly didn't help the company's image. I wanted to like Google. I liked Google from the beginning and then the ugly reality chipped away at their reputation until if found myself making awkward excuses for Google and doing all sorts of self deceptions and mental contortions to rationalize what they were doing. Then it became too much. I realized a good company can go bad and that's exactly what they did. Why? Who knows but size and unprecedented success have something to do with it. I don't think you can ignore the Behemoth factor but still, they are responsible for their conduct. I wouldn't want to be either of these men and I can't imagine anybody who loves technology and things that hackers care about like digital freedom and privacy continuing to hold Google if high esteem. Google has become a force for evil. It's an unpleasant truth.
MikeKusold|6 years ago