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[–] irmoz@reddthat.com -4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

..yes? It's a massive circlejerk at this point to bring it up and laugh at how google dropped it over 10 years ago.

[–] onion@feddit.de 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It was a circle jerk when they introduced it

[–] irmoz@reddthat.com 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Really? I remember google was actually respected back then. I don't recall any circlejerking about google that long ago.

[–] Perfide@reddthat.com 4 points 11 months ago

Google as whole no, maybe, but that slogan was absolutely mocked from the start. Remember that this was right around when shit like The Matrix, Hackers, etc... were big pillars of the internet. "Don't be evil" inherently sets off alarm bells regardless of anything else.