[reactordev]

It is entirely about user surveillance as well as pushing their product on to their users because they have the install base. Google Chrome has become Microsoft IE6 in hostile user behavior.

[aftbit]

You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become a villain.

What did we expect when they dropped "don't be evil" from their company values?

[reactordev]

A claim about as useful then as it is now. They never wanted to be anything but, once Sergei left. The Schmidt era had them publicly declare one thing while doing something else entirely behind the curtain.

[coldtea]

They were corporate evil from day 1. The rest was just PR slogans, and playing the good guy as long as you don't need to squeeze profits.

[xnx]

If Google were focused on surveillance, why haven't they been collecting keystroke data (like grammarly) for years?

[philip1209]

Isn’t it really “pushing a feature to their products”?

[reactordev]

Not when you are appropriating 2GB or more of space for that feature.