Google's Civil War

#1

Post by lxm » Sun, May 19, 2019, 7:54 AM UTC

Google's Civil War
fortune.com

Re: Google's Civil War

#2

Post by ddebernardy » Sun, May 19, 2019, 12:16 PM UTC

https://outline.com/ggbLy5 to get past the obnoxious mandatory cookie.

Re: Google's Civil War

#3

Post by dillonmckay » Sun, May 19, 2019, 12:43 PM UTC

ddebernardy wrote: post #2

https://outline.com/ggbLy5 to get past the obnoxious mandatory cookie.

past, as a preposition.

Re: Google's Civil War

#4

Post by thrower123 » Sun, May 19, 2019, 1:01 PM UTC

ddebernardy wrote: post #2

https://outline.com/ggbLy5 to get past the obnoxious mandatory cookie.

Also gets rid of the awful autoplay video above the fold that starts blaring out immediately. Thanks!

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#5

Post by atomical » Sun, May 19, 2019, 1:26 PM UTC

Both Apple and Google support Saudi Arabia by refusing to remove the Absher app from the app store. Could any current employees shed light on if there is any internal disagreement on this?

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#6

Post by Razengan » Sun, May 19, 2019, 1:44 PM UTC

atomical wrote: post #5

Both Apple and Google support Saudi Arabia by refusing to remove the Absher app from the app store. Could any current employees shed light on if there is any internal disagreement on this?

There's also an official Chinese propaganda app on the App Store that you cannot even rate:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19601091

Re: Google's Civil War

#7

Post by fyoving » Sun, May 19, 2019, 1:51 PM UTC

I don't understand how someone can proudly be a nuisance to those who sign their paychecks nor how can an employer tolerate any of it, at the very least this situation is unfair to the majority of employees who are just "going to work".

Not sure what's behind Google's inaction here, they really shouldn't be worried about the trouble makers defecting to somewhere else that most likely won't tolerate their bullshit.

Re: Google's Civil War

#8

Post by lisper » Sun, May 19, 2019, 1:51 PM UTC

thrower123 wrote: post #4

ddebernardy wrote: post #2

https://outline.com/ggbLy5 to get past the obnoxious mandatory cookie.

Also gets rid of the awful autoplay video above the fold that starts blaring out immediately. Thanks!

Simply disabling Javascript works too.

Re: Google's Civil War

#9

Post by lisper » Sun, May 19, 2019, 1:53 PM UTC

dillonmckay wrote: post #3

ddebernardy wrote: post #2

https://outline.com/ggbLy5 to get past the obnoxious mandatory cookie.

past, as a preposition.

"Past" is a preposition, e.g. "First past the post"

Re: Google's Civil War

#10

Post by kyrra » Sun, May 19, 2019, 1:55 PM UTC

atomical wrote: post #5

Both Apple and Google support Saudi Arabia by refusing to remove the Absher app from the app store. Could any current employees shed light on if there is any internal disagreement on this?

I have no real understanding of the situation. But I believe the app is just a webview on top of various Saudi websites. It doesn't even do push notifications, they come instead through text messaging.