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It was a circle jerk when they introduced it
Really? I remember google was actually respected back then. I don't recall any circlejerking about google that long ago.
Google as whole no, maybe, but that slogan was absolutely mocked from the start. Remember that this was right around when shit like The Matrix, Hackers, etc... were big pillars of the internet. "Don't be evil" inherently sets off alarm bells regardless of anything else.