[dmvdoug]

have they ever addressed this in later years? Like, what was their justification for Google becoming the AdMonster it did?

[Quekid5]

They're now richer than god. Why would they care about anything other than money? Societal rules don't affect them very much at this point.

[liveoneggs]

Yes but you can't hear them because they are on yachts

[dmvdoug]

Sounds like a job for the orcas…

[Quekid5]

Lol, hope springs eternal :).

... but more seriously: Yeah, their reasoning (now) isn't exactly going to be unbiased and/or unblemished by their own experience. They probably have the most extreme survivorship bias ever. (Not their fault, they just do because of whatever factors got them into the position they're in.)