[greentrust]

> fundamentally this was an ad-tech company

Sure ads are their only real revenue source but the vast majority of engineers there are not working on ad-tech, many of them are working on transformative projects like maps, translate, android, chrome, that drastically improve the lives of hundreds of millions of people. Your view is quite cynical and conveniently ignores the leverage and impact that an engineer can have there.

[goatinaboat]

many of them are working on transformative projects like maps, translate, android, chrome

All of those exist purely to expand opportunities to show more ads.

[ryan93]

Ads aren’t hurting you or anyone else

[goatinaboat]

The entire purpose of ads is to psychologically manipulate people into taking actions against their own best interests. If you need a thing you will just go and buy it yourself after all.