Tragedy has again struck a famous Silicon Valley family. Former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki has passed away, according to social media posts by her husband, Dennis Troper, and by Google CEO Sundar Pichai. Wrote Troper on Facebook earlier Friday night, “It is with profound sadness that I share the news of Susan Wojcicki passing.

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    3 months ago

    YouTube has only gotten worse so i can’t say i particularly care. i hope her successor isn’t any worse, but i expect they will be.

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      3 months ago

      Fyi, she euh, stepped down from youtube in feb 2023. She had nothing to do with youtube in the last year :')

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        3 months ago

        YouTube is getting worse and worse, but it’s not like it was great until 2023

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          No, but her successor has been in charge for at least a year now haha.
          Op was talking about her successor like they were yet to be appointed

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          3 months ago

          All free services are all just waiting to monetise.

          The default is shittiness. They just play nice to build users.