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It isn't Google Engineers wanting to do it. It's Google engineers being told to do it.
this is what i'm frustrated with. why do all these engineers let themselves be told what to do even if it makes a worse-functioning tool? that's not real engineering.
"because they'll get fired"
not if enough of them do the thing that should've been what got them interested in engineering in the first place.
maybe we shouldn't call them engineers, but something else relating to being the one who does the dirty work for institutions that aim to steal people's attention and decrease their quality of life.
and if they do get fired, then they should join together and make the reasonable company that makes good tools for human use.
That's called doing your job though. Do you just regularly... tell your boss to fuck off with their requirements?
In an environment where software engineers are being laid off by the thousands, I don't think anyone's going to hand in a resignation letter just because the prestigious ad company they're working for is... making them force ads on people.
Many of them will also have to go back to India if they quit their jobs. What's that, a 10x difference in income?
Also, it's probably only a handful of people who are implementing this 'enhancement.' It's not like a small team has any real bargaining power.