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Google As Alphabet Subsidiary Drops "Don't Be Evil"

Posted by timothy on from the hopefully-that-leaves-mostly-overlap dept.

CNet, The Verge, and many other outlets are reporting that with the official transition of Google (as overarching company) to Google, a subsidiary of Alphabet, Google's made another change that's caught a lot of people's attention: the company has swapped out their famous motto "Don't be evil" for one with a slightly different ring: "Do the right thing." Doing the right thing sounds like a nice thing to aspire to, but doesn't seem quite as exciting.

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  1. Google is keeping "don't be evil" by loosescrews · · Score: 5, Informative
    From TFA:

    Even though Google is underneath Alphabet, its own, more specific code of conduct remains largely the same, and it retains the "don't be evil" motto. And since most of Alphabet's employees work at Google, that means "don't be evil" is still very much alive and well in Mountain View.

    It is just Alphabet that is dropping it.

  2. Re:They're the same.. by phantomfive · · Score: 4, Informative

    Which is why Google has no problem collecting your information, and advertising to you based on that.
    They don't consider that evil.

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    "First they came for the slanderers and i said nothing."
  3. Re:Has a nice Machiavellian ring to it, don't you by mrbester · · Score: 3, Informative

    "Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive."

    C. S. Lewis

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    "Wait. Something's happening. It's opening up! My God, it's full of apricots!"
  4. Summery is Wrong by Paxtez · · Score: 5, Informative

    Google's code is still 'Don't be evil.'

    https://investor.google.com/co...

    Alphabet, the new company that Google is a part of, has it's own code that is the 'Do the right thing'.

    But that's a much less interesting headline.