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Re:Ask HN: As a Facebook or Google engineer, do you consider... by allie1 on Sunday April 19, 2020 @08:00AM (#22915275)
I think a better question is: Is there a google employee that doesn’t use Google products for personal use (search, youtube, android), and is there a fb employee that doesn’t have a personal fb account?
Re:Ask HN: As a Facebook or Google engineer, do you consider... by ocdtrekkie on Sunday April 19, 2020 @08:12AM (#22915341)
Recent article I read from someone who works on Android: https://jakewharton.com/removing-google-as-a-single-point-of...
Re:Ask HN: As a Facebook or Google engineer, do you consider... by yots on Sunday April 19, 2020 @08:56AM (#22915588)
A few years ago I was considering applying for a job at FB. The very first stage was linking your FB account. No thanks.
Re:Ask HN: As a Facebook or Google engineer, do you consider... by anonyxyz on Sunday April 19, 2020 @08:19AM (#22915387)
Pretty sure FB wont even hire you unless you are a fanboy to begin with so it's a weak barometer.
Re:Ask HN: As a Facebook or Google engineer, do you consider... by allie1 on Monday April 20, 2020 @05:35AM (#22922420)
Well wouldn’t fan boys who stop using fb after they get an inside peak be a good barometer?
Re:Ask HN: As a Facebook or Google engineer, do you consider... by altgoogler on Sunday April 19, 2020 @01:21PM (#22917244)
Googler here. Yes, there are many google employees that do not use Google products for personal use. Firefox, for instance, can be used on work machines.
Re:Ask HN: As a Facebook or Google engineer, do you consider... by anonymousobvi on Monday April 20, 2020 @12:30PM (#22925465)
I use Google's products because I have to. The alternative is spending huge chunks of my time to "work around" Google. Same goes for Facebook, except there is no work-around.

This does not mean I support either company, it just means they have manipulated culture to ensure they are the only choice.

Re:Ask HN: As a Facebook or Google engineer, do you consider... by _b8r0 on Sunday April 19, 2020 @08:02AM (#22915284)
Not sure if it's still the case but it used to be that employees used their FB accounts as logins to work systems.
Re:Ask HN: As a Facebook or Google engineer, do you consider... by notacoward on Sunday April 19, 2020 @09:53AM (#22915906)
Not any more. When I started three years ago, it was a mix of people doing things the old way and people with split accounts. Less than a year later, it went to all split accounts. Also, FWIW, the number of my coworkers who actively use "public Facebook" seems very small.