This is the 2nd time this week that I am posting about Google doing something like this. After totally destroying developer trust they are also rapidly eroding consumer trust.
Can someone from Google (or anyone) steelman how killing off so many product like this is smart?
I don't see any broad refocus in the company and their core products suck more now than ever. Even if they are more profitable I don't think thats because they redeployed talent and focus there.
Did they cut headcount too much to maintain this stuff?
Am I really misunderstanding how much a service like this costs to operate, even for Google?
I really am curious what the anti-cynical take is. I know what the cynics say, I am one. What am I missing where Sundar or management (smart people) look at these cases and do this?
At the end of the day, Google is an advertising company and every other service they offer is just transient experimentation to either harvest more information on its subjects or for no reason at all.
There's no way to explain their motivations. Just have to get out of dodge.
Can someone from Google (or anyone) steelman how killing off so many product like this is smart?
I don't see any broad refocus in the company and their core products suck more now than ever. Even if they are more profitable I don't think thats because they redeployed talent and focus there.
Did they cut headcount too much to maintain this stuff?
Am I really misunderstanding how much a service like this costs to operate, even for Google?
I really am curious what the anti-cynical take is. I know what the cynics say, I am one. What am I missing where Sundar or management (smart people) look at these cases and do this?