'Pure arrogance': anger in Finland as Google illegally fells 250k trees
Symbiote
40 points
5 comments
October 22, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (4 comments)
skor
Don't be evil, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don't_be_evil That motto did not work well for them
bix6
How are we still clear cutting in this day and age… will we ever learn? In what world does clear cutting hundreds of forest acres for a foreign multinational benefit the Finnish people?
ChrisArchitect
Previously: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50048638 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49968324
kazinator
Holy, that's comparable in area to New York's Central Park.