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Ask HN: Where are all this years April fools jokes?

4 points by rurban ↗ HN
Were we really do shellshocked by the xz backdoor? I didn't see any

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ado__dev
April Fools jokes don't create shareholder value.
abyesilyurt
They are a form of marketing.
syncbehind
My pet theory is that they were a form of marketing for the folks who grew up with the wild-west-internet. The internet now is more corporate and "serious". You have an entire generation of workers who only ever knew the internet in its walled off / corporate form. And then you have folks want to "just get work done". So you'll continue to see fewer of these harmless chicanery.
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atleastoptimal
Google used to be fun and do them. Now they don't. The internet isn't fun anymore
Raed667
every year there was so much backlash, especially after 2020
person-
i agree, there was so much backlash, kinda wowed me honestly
ksherlock
Google's still got it. This year they announced they were purging data they vacuumed up from Chrome users in incognito mode. Oh Google you little scamp!
OnionBlender
The Gmail mic drop thing was funny because there was a bug that would cause it to get sent even if you pressed the regular send button.
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