Leaked Transcript Contradicts Google’s Official Story on China

Re:Leaked Transcript Contradicts Google’s Official Story on ... by munificent on Tuesday October 09, 2018 @12:57PM (#18177630)

> I don’t recall Google ever having a rationale for how “don't be evil” helped them make money, either explicitly or implicitly.

Google's success depends entirely on user trust. If users aren't comfortable having Google accounts, having Google host their email, typing their deepest desires into the search box, taking private photos on their Android phone and uploading them to Google's cloud, then there is no Google.

"Don't be evil" is about being a good enough company that users trust you.

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Re:Leaked Transcript Contradicts Google’s Official Story on ... by mikeash on Tuesday October 09, 2018 @01:07PM (#18177739)

Right, but is there any indication that they understand this? Keep in mind that "don't be evil" originated well before people entrusted Google with their e-mails and photos and all that. (I don't think search is considered invasive enough for most people to care about that one.)

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Re:Leaked Transcript Contradicts Google’s Official Story on ... by gaius on Tuesday October 09, 2018 @02:35PM (#18178613)

I don't think search is considered invasive enough for most people to care about that one

A person's search history is a window into their very soul, it is possibly the most sensitive thing Google has on you.

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Re:Leaked Transcript Contradicts Google’s Official Story on ... by munificent on Wednesday October 10, 2018 @01:36PM (#18187147)

Trust is one of those things that is asymmetrically visible. It's very easy to not notice the many many times a person or organization is trustworthy and only see the instances where they are not.

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Re:Leaked Transcript Contradicts Google’s Official Story on ... by rhizome on Tuesday October 09, 2018 @02:39PM (#18178657)

Right, but is there any indication that they understand this?

This seems like a hard question for a discussion thread, what kind of answer are you looking for?

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Re:Leaked Transcript Contradicts Google’s Official Story on ... by mikeash on Tuesday October 09, 2018 @09:40PM (#18181339)

There could be some leaked transcripts where they discuss it. Or other internal documents, or a pattern of behavior where they give up easy wins in favor of keeping the trust of their users.

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Re:Leaked Transcript Contradicts Google’s Official Story on ... by glenrivard on Tuesday October 09, 2018 @03:55PM (#18179312)

Their search share continues to increase and now over 92%. Does that represent them being more trusted?

http://gs.statcounter.com/search-engine-market-share Search Engine Market Share Worldwide ...

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Re:Leaked Transcript Contradicts Google’s Official Story on ... by nradov on Tuesday October 09, 2018 @04:47PM (#18179687)

That search engine share chart is becoming increasingly irrelevant because it doesn't count searches performed on Facebook or other walled gardens. More and more content is being locked away, invisible to Google.

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