Aral Balkan on Nostr: An ex-Google employee who wishes to remain anonymous (“Google’s lawyers are ...

An ex-Google employee who wishes to remain anonymous (“Google’s lawyers are extremely aggressive”) nevertheless said I could share this publicly:

“I managed there 9 years ago. It most certainly was not different in any meaningful way.

• During my orientation, a senior engineer, upon being asked if Google would ever open source its server design, replied “Open source is for the company in second place.”

• We merged Doubleclick cookies into people’s regular cookies the *instant* the consent decree expired.

• A major project when I left was how to work around Safari’s tracking protection.”