Ed Zitron
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Since Prabhakar took the reins of Google in 2020, Google search has dramatically declined, with these core search updates I've mentioned allegedly made to improve the quality of results having the adverse effect, increasing the prevalence of spammy, shitty search-optimized content. It's frustrating. The anger you hear in my voice, the emotion is because I've read all of these antitrust emails.
Since Prabhakar took the reins of Google in 2020, Google search has dramatically declined, with these core search updates I've mentioned allegedly made to improve the quality of results having the adverse effect, increasing the prevalence of spammy, shitty search-optimized content. It's frustrating. The anger you hear in my voice, the emotion is because I've read all of these antitrust emails.
Since Prabhakar took the reins of Google in 2020, Google search has dramatically declined, with these core search updates I've mentioned allegedly made to improve the quality of results having the adverse effect, increasing the prevalence of spammy, shitty search-optimized content. It's frustrating. The anger you hear in my voice, the emotion is because I've read all of these antitrust emails.
I have gone through this guy's history and I've read all the things about Ben Gomes too. Every article about Ben Gomes where they interviewed is this guy just having these dreamy thoughts about the future of information and the complexity of delivering it at high speed. Every interview with Raghavan is some vague bullshit about how important data is. It's so goddamn offensive to me.
I have gone through this guy's history and I've read all the things about Ben Gomes too. Every article about Ben Gomes where they interviewed is this guy just having these dreamy thoughts about the future of information and the complexity of delivering it at high speed. Every interview with Raghavan is some vague bullshit about how important data is. It's so goddamn offensive to me.
I have gone through this guy's history and I've read all the things about Ben Gomes too. Every article about Ben Gomes where they interviewed is this guy just having these dreamy thoughts about the future of information and the complexity of delivering it at high speed. Every interview with Raghavan is some vague bullshit about how important data is. It's so goddamn offensive to me.
And all of this stuff happening is just one example of what I think are probably hundreds of things happening across startups, or that have happened across startups in the last 10 or 15 years, and big tech too. And it's because the people running the tech industry are no longer those who built it.
And all of this stuff happening is just one example of what I think are probably hundreds of things happening across startups, or that have happened across startups in the last 10 or 15 years, and big tech too. And it's because the people running the tech industry are no longer those who built it.
And all of this stuff happening is just one example of what I think are probably hundreds of things happening across startups, or that have happened across startups in the last 10 or 15 years, and big tech too. And it's because the people running the tech industry are no longer those who built it.
Larry Page and Sergey Brin left Google in December 2019, the same year, by the way, as the Code Yellow thing. And while they remained as controlling shareholders, they clearly don't give a shit about what Google means anymore.
Larry Page and Sergey Brin left Google in December 2019, the same year, by the way, as the Code Yellow thing. And while they remained as controlling shareholders, they clearly don't give a shit about what Google means anymore.
Larry Page and Sergey Brin left Google in December 2019, the same year, by the way, as the Code Yellow thing. And while they remained as controlling shareholders, they clearly don't give a shit about what Google means anymore.
Prabhakar Raghavan is a manager, and his career, from what I can tell, is mostly made up of did some stuff at IBM, failed to make Yahoo anything of know, and fucked up Google so badly that every news outlet has run a story about how bad it is.
Prabhakar Raghavan is a manager, and his career, from what I can tell, is mostly made up of did some stuff at IBM, failed to make Yahoo anything of know, and fucked up Google so badly that every news outlet has run a story about how bad it is.
Prabhakar Raghavan is a manager, and his career, from what I can tell, is mostly made up of did some stuff at IBM, failed to make Yahoo anything of know, and fucked up Google so badly that every news outlet has run a story about how bad it is.
This, this is the result of taking technology out of the hands of real builders and handing it to managers at a time when management is synonymous with staying as far away from actual work as possible. When you're a do-nothing looking to profit as much as possible who doesn't use tech, who doesn't care about tech, and you only care about growth, well, you're not a user. You're a parasite.
This, this is the result of taking technology out of the hands of real builders and handing it to managers at a time when management is synonymous with staying as far away from actual work as possible. When you're a do-nothing looking to profit as much as possible who doesn't use tech, who doesn't care about tech, and you only care about growth, well, you're not a user. You're a parasite.
This, this is the result of taking technology out of the hands of real builders and handing it to managers at a time when management is synonymous with staying as far away from actual work as possible. When you're a do-nothing looking to profit as much as possible who doesn't use tech, who doesn't care about tech, and you only care about growth, well, you're not a user. You're a parasite.
And it's these parasites that have dominated and are now draining the tech industry of its value. They're Driving it into a goddamn ditch. Ragavan's story is unique, insofar as the damage he's managed to inflict, or if we're being exceptionally charitable, failed to avoid in the case of Yahoo.
And it's these parasites that have dominated and are now draining the tech industry of its value. They're Driving it into a goddamn ditch. Ragavan's story is unique, insofar as the damage he's managed to inflict, or if we're being exceptionally charitable, failed to avoid in the case of Yahoo.