Google Evil?

By Charles Miller on 14 March 2004

I’ve always basically believed that Google were genuine about their “don’t be evil” credo, despite occasional growing pains and stuff-ups. Now, however, I’m wondering if it’s really a smokescreen for something far more sinister…

When their web API is precisely 666k in size, you know you're facing a truly subtle and insidious form of evil.

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