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by patd 2131 days ago
Most of your positives are more than 10 years old. In the meantime they've remove the "Don't be evil" motto, their Android/Chromebook support is very short lived, they've killed countless services people relied on, ...

I don't think Google is evil like Microsoft was in the 90s but I don't blindly trust them as I might have done in the past.

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It's really sad how much this misinformation gets spread...

Don't be evil is literally the last line of their code of conduct: https://abc.xyz/investor/other/google-code-of-conduct/

Yes, but it is no longer their "motto" (the guiding principle for the company). So, it appearing in the CoC does not mean that it's the guiding principle.

But I think you are raising a good point. Why is this piece of "misinformation" being spread so much? What do you think? I think it is because it corresponds to people's experience with Google: "an entity once liked by the users and did good deeds has quit doing those." So, it may be "misinformation" as you put it, but I don't think it bears no value.

No longer their motto? Can you please provide a source?

"Why is this piece of "misinformation" being spread so much? What do you think?"

Because of multiple articles spreading this misinformation a few years back, for example:

"Google Removes 'Don't Be Evil' Clause From Its Code of Conduct" - https://gizmodo.com/google-removes-nearly-all-mentions-of-do...

Then the article literally mentions at the end that it's still in the code of conduct...terrible reporting from multiple outlets.

What sort of a source do you need? Is Google's current slogan/motto still "Don't be evil"?
You said in your last comment: "Yes, but it is no longer their "motto" (the guiding principle for the company)."

Where exactly did you read that?

What is their current motto, out of curiosity?
Chromebooks have 6.5 years of updates. How is that short lived ?