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Yeah... Google employees just _do_ that sort of shitty redirection, and it's obnoxious as fuck.

Maybe it works in a "We're too polite to disrupt whatever political game you're playing in the hopes that you'll reciprocate when we splash obvious bullshit when we play ours." snakepit that seems to be most of Google, but out here, we're unchained by that political nonsense.

Bonus chatter: We get that you'd like die for your coworkers or whatever, but as people who have no social (or political) investment in either the services or how they're made, these "But they're run by GOOD, PASSIONATE people! I have personal experience with this!" appeals are simply irrelevant.



You were just able to articulate what I hated about Google. Thank you.


There is a reason contracts, contract law and the court system all exist.

Most people and companies don't do things which aren't in their interest after stating they will. It isn't a Google thing.


No one is saying Google has broken contracts or the law. What is it with you Google defenders and your constant goalpost shifting? We are saying, Google is not to be trusted with claims like "we are committed to this product" because they have been caught in that lie several times before. Why are you going on about contract law and "most people and companies"? What you're saying is irrelevant.


The point is: don't expect companies or people to act against their interests. They generally haven't, don't and won't. Google isn't unique here. The problem is so pervasive in society that humans created contracts and courts to force people/companies to do things they wouldn't otherwise do.


There are always a myriad of potential actions that a company could potentially interpret as being in its best interest.

Company culture can help predict what interpretation a company will pick.

Google's culture is much more trigger-happy about interpreting killing off a service as being in the company's best interest than Amazon is.




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