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They've gone backward and the "spirit" of the old Google was literally killed when Sundar Pichai took over. The only reason he's still CEO is that he's milked

by mtgx 4y ago

They've gone backward and the "spirit" of the old Google was literally killed when Sundar Pichai took over. The only reason he's still CEO is that he's milked the Google brand for all its worth and has made everyone a shit ton of money. Other than that, the direction he's been giving Google, as a brand, has been terrible.

HeyItsMatt 4y ago
To replace Pichai the two largest Google shareholders would have to give a shit about the direction of the company. But they've been absent for longer than Pichai has been CEO.
- leoc 4y ago
  Yes. Normally people are too quick to attribute power and fault to individuals, or so everyone says, but here's a case where two individuals really seem to have something close to full power and ability to fix at least the more obvious and readily fixable problems—they simply choose not to—and yet people usually diffuse the blame among "Google" or "the incentives".
  - tmpz22 4y ago
    One of those individuals also solicited sexual favors from his subordinates in the Google offices during work hours [1]. I don't know if we should put them on a pedastal. [1]: https://www.businessinsider.com/google-sergey-brin-employees-masseuse-room-2018-7 https://www.businessinsider.com/google-sergey-brin-employees...
  - Dylan16807 4y ago
    > and yet people usually diffuse the blame among "Google" or "the incentives". People are not wrong to do so. Those two are not causing the problems. They can carry some blame for inaction, sure, but not that much of the blame.
hot_gril 4y ago
What has he milked, though? I thought Google's money just comes from preexisting businesses like search, ads, YT, etc. None of the new stuff introduced under Sundar went anywhere, but all boats rose over the years for tech, especially in 2020.
unity1001 4y ago
> They've gone backward and the "spirit" of the old Google was literally killed when Sundar Pichai took over. What? That happened with Eric Schmidt. Coming from old-school Oracle, old corporate. He said "Brands is how you sort out this mess" and killed the variety in google search by prioritizing big brands. That's why you get search results from only the biggest corporate outlets in every other category. He succeeded in bumping shoe shopping searches and sales for Amazon etc, but killed the independent web.

by mtgx 4y ago

HeyItsMatt 4y ago

To replace Pichai the two largest Google shareholders would have to give a shit about the direction of the company. But they've been absent for longer than Pichai has been CEO.

leoc 4y ago
Yes. Normally people are too quick to attribute power and fault to individuals, or so everyone says, but here's a case where two individuals really seem to have something close to full power and ability to fix at least the more obvious and readily fixable problems—they simply choose not to—and yet people usually diffuse the blame among "Google" or "the incentives".
- tmpz22 4y ago
  One of those individuals also solicited sexual favors from his subordinates in the Google offices during work hours [1]. I don't know if we should put them on a pedastal. [1]: https://www.businessinsider.com/google-sergey-brin-employees-masseuse-room-2018-7 https://www.businessinsider.com/google-sergey-brin-employees...
- Dylan16807 4y ago
  > and yet people usually diffuse the blame among "Google" or "the incentives". People are not wrong to do so. Those two are not causing the problems. They can carry some blame for inaction, sure, but not that much of the blame.

hot_gril 4y ago

What has he milked, though? I thought Google's money just comes from preexisting businesses like search, ads, YT, etc. None of the new stuff introduced under Sundar went anywhere, but all boats rose over the years for tech, especially in 2020.

unity1001 4y ago

> They've gone backward and the "spirit" of the old Google was literally killed when Sundar Pichai took over. What? That happened with Eric Schmidt. Coming from old-school Oracle, old corporate. He said "Brands is how you sort out this mess" and killed the variety in google search by prioritizing big brands. That's why you get search results from only the biggest corporate outlets in every other category. He succeeded in bumping shoe shopping searches and sales for Amazon etc, but killed the independent web.