who's "they"?

google

i think yt is breaking even now

Forcing an "ecosystem" like apple, but more encompassing

I doubt google cares about ideology ... they care about profits

they seem to care quite a bit

Wot? @wacka

@Timcast ^teach him bro

I think a section of google does, but i doubt the board of directors or investors in google care about ideology.

tfw google went evil right after they hired moot

if ideology gets in the way of profits, they will u-turn

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I think it's partially true. The ideology can often be part of their marketing strategy, used to make money. Look at all the companies who push progressive ideas very vocally.

i think also its the violent people they are worried about too

google doesn't care about ideology *cough James Damore cough*

yeah that memo was leaked... they didnt fire him until it was leaked

on the flip side google shot down the employee petition to tie exec compensation to diversity metrics

when they thought they might get bad PR and lose profits

or get fire bombed by antifa

So then it's probably safe to say that Google's bottom line is about public image

which leads to lost profits

You are mostly correct wacka, except the HR ppl. The HR ppl care deeply about ideology.

i'm sure they have insurance to cover antifa attacks

I remember Tim brought up something that put mainsteam media and modern marketing as part of "the resistance"

i think thats true for most big corps, the difference is where you draw the line to maintain a certain image vs all other business factors

and if tnsurance companies see people shouting google is full of nazis and it looks like antifa are gonna burn them down and hack them and all that crap... what do you think will happen to googles insurance premiums?

back to profits

yeah sorry but insurance companies can't do that because that's assessing risk after it arises

@vlnc.co what is your project about ?

yeah but for example if they cant hire good ppl because they feel that google discriminates against them - also lost profits

im interested for sure

So far as I'm aware, insurance companies aren't allowed to jack up rates because of a threat of external property destruction

sure they can

They can, but it would be generally frowned upon to do so pre-emptively

my friend phoned his insurance company to tell them someone broke his window wiper... which he paid for himself... later that month he got his insurance bill.. which nearly doubled

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they classed it as "theft"

But that's not a threat of external property damage, that's actual external property damage

and put him in a high risk of theft area

well, regardless it depends on your contract with the insurance company

I'm saying a threat of such doesn't let the insurance company jack up rates