Very much agree with this piece, including the deterioration of the culture at Google to the point that it's now like old Microsoft under Ballmer, that the costs of Google layoffs are coming home, and that Sundar Pichai optimizes for quarterly stock price over the long-term success of the company.
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ln.hixie.chHixie's Natural Log: Reflecting on 18 years at Google
I think the deterioration of Google search (especially the increase in ad load) and the failed strategy of Google Cloud (sales instead of price-performance) are the most unforgivable and most harmful to Google long-term. Increasing ad load works for a while, but it'll fail eventually.