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6/28/2026 • EN

Pollen tried to remove my article about CEO Callum Negus-Fancey and CTO Bradley Wright, and Google is assisting with it

Article about a bogus DMCA takedown of a story on Pollen's collapse, highlighting abuse of Google's copyright system.

Ceo Accountability Copyright Infringement Google Dmca Startup Failure Tech Journalism

Gergely Orosz

6/28/2026 • EN

Pollen tried to remove my article about CEO Callum Negus-Fancey and CTO Bradley Wright, and Google is assisting with it

A writer describes how Pollen founders tried to erase a critical article via a bogus copyright claim, with Google removing it from search results.

Content Removal Copyright open source Search Engine Startup Failure

The Pragmatic Engineer Gergely Orosz

3/4/2025 • EN

When Nobody Wants Your Product

A startup's journey building a CI/CD cost optimization tool, discovering engineers didn't prioritize cost savings and struggled to find product-market fit.

ci/cd developer tools engineering culture Product Validation Startup Failure

Julien Danjou

Startup Failure Articles

Pollen tried to remove my article about CEO Callum Negus-Fancey and CTO Bradley Wright, and Google is assisting with it

Pollen tried to remove my article about CEO Callum Negus-Fancey and CTO Bradley Wright, and Google is assisting with it

When Nobody Wants Your Product

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