Author Topic: Larry Page steps down as CEO of Alphabet  (Read 1933 times)

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Re: Larry Page steps down as CEO of Alphabet
« Reply #1 on: December 03, 2019, 10:58:58 PM »
He doesn't want to be in charge when all the privacy do-do and monopoly suits hit the fan.

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Re: Larry Page steps down as CEO of Alphabet
« Reply #2 on: December 03, 2019, 11:01:57 PM »
> hit the fan

Cynical bastard.  I was thinking the same.

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Re: Larry Page steps down as CEO of Alphabet
« Reply #3 on: December 04, 2019, 06:03:00 AM »
Yeah, Google's golden days are behind it.  Larry might as well enjoy his billions and step away -- probably should have five years ago.

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Re: Larry Page steps down as CEO of Alphabet
« Reply #4 on: December 04, 2019, 01:22:52 PM »
“Nothing in the Page/Brin announcement says anything about a divestiture or relinquishing of the voting control,” tweeted Luther Lowe, the Yelp lobbyist and professional Alphabet antagonist. “The fact remains: Larry Page and Sergey Brin are the most powerful and least accountable humans on the planet.”

Larry Page is the tech world’s Dr. Manhattan
https://www.theverge.com/interface/2019/12/4/20993633/larry-page-sergey-brin-quit-google-dr-manhattan-watchmen-strained-metaphor