boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoGoogle promised a better search experience — now it’s telling us to put glue on our pizzawww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up130arrow-down13
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minus-squaredisguy_ovahea@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-24 months agoThat was removed as their motto in 2015, following a restructuring of Google as a subsidiary of Alphabet.
minus-squareGormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoI said it back then and I’ll say it again: Calling your mega corporation “Alphabet” sounds hella distopian
minus-squarepalordrolap@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoThe main reason for the name is that it sorts before both Amazon and Apple in the Big Tech directory. It’s literally as petty as that. They obviously chose a word that was related to searching within that criterion, but still.
minus-squareKaryoplasma@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoHow about “Abysmal”?
That was removed as their motto in 2015, following a restructuring of Google as a subsidiary of Alphabet.
I said it back then and I’ll say it again: Calling your mega corporation “Alphabet” sounds hella distopian
The main reason for the name is that it sorts before both Amazon and Apple in the Big Tech directory. It’s literally as petty as that. They obviously chose a word that was related to searching within that criterion, but still.
How about “Abysmal”?