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Google announces support for Ukraine by giving $2M in Adwords credit

by forcer on 2/26/22, 12:11 PM with 24 comments

Ask your friends at Google to explain this joke donation of Adwords credit: https://www.androidcentral.com/google-response-ukraine-invasion

Ukraine needs real support not using this crisis to push your product!

If you want to make a statement switch off Google services in Russia. That is how revolutions are started!

Google makes less than %0.3 of their total revenue in Russia. Surely that is worth a sacrifice to end this unfair war and tell Russia they cannot invade their neighbors!

  • by stonekyx on 2/26/22, 3:10 PM

    Ten years ago I was trying to get a job in Google as hard as I could, but these years there are just less and less reasons to even consider applying. I mean, OK, their business model is built around advertisement, but seriously?
  • by morelisp on 2/26/22, 2:38 PM

    So let's be clear about what "donated adwords" means: It means if someone searches for "ukraine refugee help" they're going to get useful results about how to find help as a Ukrainian refugee or give aid to them; rather than a scam, Russian propaganda, or just whoever bid highest.

    That should be table stakes of a search engine, not a laudable charitable donation.

  • by thiscatis on 2/26/22, 2:33 PM

    What a sad excuse of a company Google has become.
  • by RicCo386 on 2/26/22, 12:50 PM

    Ha ha ha. If they would suspend Russian trolls, that would be more worthy...

    And yet they suspend pro Ukrainian YT accounts ...

    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30467384

  • by sergiotapia on 2/26/22, 2:34 PM

    Such a Gavin Belson and Hooli move.
  • by PenguinCoder on 2/26/22, 2:11 PM

    Is this a legitimate, poorly executed joke? Or a legitimate offer from Google. Fucking disgusting.
  • by IYasha on 2/26/22, 6:24 PM

    Where were they when <I'd probably be redflagged for naming> certain mid-east countries were attacked?? :-| Such a show-off.
  • by Pigalowda on 2/26/22, 4:17 PM

    A pittance from a gigantic American corporation. I’m sure Ukraine appreciates this advertisement for Google. I guess it’s hard to advertise over all the “noise” of geopolitical events unless you attach your product to it.
  • by inospeak1 on 2/26/22, 3:10 PM

    I don't see any reference to this on the internet other than this post. The link posted -> https://www.androidcentral.com/google-response-ukraine-invas...

    says nothing about Adwords credit.

    And I am surprised none of the commenters so far have noticed this...?

  • by endisneigh on 2/26/22, 2:17 PM

    No good deed goes unpunished
  • by yrgulation on 2/26/22, 2:38 PM

    Pull out of russia google otherwise its just virtue signalling.
  • by aeternum on 2/26/22, 5:26 PM

    Remember when Google's motto was "Do no evil". Did they get rid of that?
  • by CPLX on 2/26/22, 12:38 PM

    It’s the least they could do.
  • by SkyLinx on 2/26/22, 6:22 PM

    $2M total? That's literally pennies for them. LOL
  • by infinitone on 2/26/22, 7:03 PM

    This HAS to be a joke right?
  • by thunkshift1 on 2/26/22, 5:21 PM

    The fuck