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Probably, but basically every big corp has flowery bullshit about improving society or whatever in their mission, so the fact someone at google outright bothered to get rid of don’t be evil was still a pretty big sign
Up until the 2010s, Google was still viewed as a positive force. Facebook, on the other hand, has pretty much always been viewed as a villain.
"The dumb fucks trust me"
It's in their contract though, some workers sued for wrongfully being fired after organising based on it.