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David Heinemeier Hansson

What David Heinemeier Hansson thinks about Google

@dhh · 694 positions · 10 changes of mind

Creator of Ruby on Rails, CTO of 37signals, and creator of Omarchy.

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7 dated positions, 2021 to 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what David Heinemeier Hansson has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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  1. Our readingAgents are going to be incorporated into mainstream interfaces

    OpenAI

    Their wordsBut because agents are going to be incorporated into ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, and all the other mainstream interfaces

    ↗Basecamp becomes agent accessibleworld.hey.com 1st of 2 in this piece

  2. 11 months earlier

  3. Our readingForcing Google to divest Chrome would damage the web, even though Google should not be allowed to rig the online ad market.

    Their wordsGoogle should not get away with rigging the online ad market, but forcing it to sell Chrome will do great damage to the web.

    ↗Don't make Google sell Chromeworld.hey.com

  4. 22 months earlier

  5. Our readingGoogle will eventually kill every service it cannot monetize with ads

    Their wordsGoogle will eventually kill every single service you care about, if they can't find a way to directly monetize it with ads at a scale of billions

    ↗You can't trust Googleworld.hey.com

  6. 22 months earlier

  7. Our readingAllowing developers to use alternative payment methods won't bring about app armageddon

    Apple

    Their wordsReality is going to refute the fear that Apple and Google have been working so hard to stoke

    ↗South Korea just killed the 30% app-store cutworld.hey.com

  8. 5 months earlier

  9. Our readingApple and Google would not have announced these programs without the pressure

    Apple

    Their wordsZero chance either Apple or Google would have announced these show-pony programs out of the goodness of their heart without the pressure

    ↗Google affirms the duopoly grip by following Apple's 15%-on-the-first-million schemeworld.hey.com

  11. Our readingGoogle's business model rests on the industrial-scale violation of privacy

    privacy

    Their wordsGoogle's entire business model rests on the industrial-scale violation of said privacy

    ↗Apple in China: Privacy, principles, purses, and picklesworld.hey.com 2nd of 2 in this piece

  12. 9 days earlier

  13. Our readingWaiting until a project is pristine before sharing it creates an aura of perfection that intimidates and alienates

    Apple

    Their wordsApple and Google are simply acting like the lords that in the early capitalist era decided that what used to be free or at least cheap -- distributing software over the internet -- now suddenly needed to be taxed at 30%

    ↗The enclosure of internet commonsworld.hey.com

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