@cstross @aral @johnbierce I worked as a programmer at Google for five years, 2004-2009, in the "Don't Be Evil" days.
I had just been baffled by the fairly rapid degradation of their search, but @pluralistic clued me in: https://doctorow.medium.com/microincentives-and-enshittification-574290ea196f
It's disgraceful. It shows how the addictive power of money destroys everyone's integrity.