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by eocjeockoefj 51 days ago
It doesn’t really matter what the people working there want. It matters what the higher ups say, as they control the cash flow and consequently where resources are spent.

And, surprise surprise, the higher ups are generally the ones fucking things up because they also need to see those numbers and lines go up, regardless of actual impact on people’s lives.

So yeah, there surely are good people working for Google, but Google itself is not a person nor is it a “good” company. It is evil, end of. And, unfortunately, when you work for Satan, you don’t get to go around doing charity work.

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So is it reasonable and helpful to see the same comments over and over again any time Google/Microsoft/OpenAI/Meta is mentioned in a comment - "X is bad, money drives all their decisions, they are anti-user, etc. etc." or should we actually expect to see relevant comments discussing the topic at hand?

It's inane and annoying to have to wade through the same, predictable, might-as-well-be-copy-and-paste comments on every post.

What do you have to say about the Prompt API specifically?

This same point should have been made to the grandparent as well... claiming some good people are working inside the system at a bad company is also a tired trope.
Nothing myself, a great innovation but with wet teagbags google/microsoft/apple et cetera running the show. How is Digital ID going?
Seems like the only thing rational to do then is for the human beings working there to use their labor as leverage.