By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 29/06/2026Everyone dunks on Google for its high-minded motto, "Don't be evil," but over the years, the company's mission was far more important: "Organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful." 11/ 117111
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 29/06/2026That was the pole star that googlers followed for the first couple decades of the company's history...until, that is, the company saturated its market and its growth stalled out. 12/ 21097
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 29/06/2026That was when Google started to panic over its plateauing search revenue, this being an inescapable consequence of 90%+ market-share. 13/ 11037
BCMECR spooky/pumpkin spice mode @b1kes.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Huh almost like endless growth isn't a good thing. 000
