> looks like Google not giving a zit about users is the problem
I think this has always been the case for Google. It just so happens that sometimes what Google chooses to do happens to align with what's good for users. But when it doesn't align, a bit like a sociopath, Google doesn't appear to be concerned for the impact on users.
Obviously this applies to the whole automated moderation/banning situation that's been a moderate risk for years.
All corporations are sociopaths, Google is only different in that they think their success is because of their lack of care about users instead of in spite of it.
Sociopaths are good at manipulating people into believing favorable things about them until too late. Google is just... different.
I think this has always been the case for Google. It just so happens that sometimes what Google chooses to do happens to align with what's good for users. But when it doesn't align, a bit like a sociopath, Google doesn't appear to be concerned for the impact on users.
Obviously this applies to the whole automated moderation/banning situation that's been a moderate risk for years.