Google (and possibly many human's) principle over time..
Don't be Evil (2005) >>
Don't be Evil over short period of time (2013) >>
Oh screw it, now we are Evil enough. Let us plunder the hell (2021).
Now they will show ads for the key word, South West Airlines. Next it will be a whole flashy ad when you search flight, then it will when you start to think about flying or your girlfriend sends an email about flying for someone's funeral. But these profits too will dwindle after a point. Then they will start selling your profiles, what you read, what you think.
For a corporation privacy and trust, or any other values are only as important as the profit it can bring. Its only a matter of time before you will erode your own values, when profits are what we are maximizing. This is all the more likely when you are ambitious.
And then you repent it, and the cycle is complete.
Don't be Evil (2005) >>
Don't be Evil over short period of time (2013) >>
Oh screw it, now we are Evil enough. Let us plunder the hell (2021).
Now they will show ads for the key word, South West Airlines. Next it will be a whole flashy ad when you search flight, then it will when you start to think about flying or your girlfriend sends an email about flying for someone's funeral. But these profits too will dwindle after a point. Then they will start selling your profiles, what you read, what you think.
For a corporation privacy and trust, or any other values are only as important as the profit it can bring. Its only a matter of time before you will erode your own values, when profits are what we are maximizing. This is all the more likely when you are ambitious.
And then you repent it, and the cycle is complete.