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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Google_products#Discontinued_products_and_services https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Google_products#Discon... Let's

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Google_products#Discontinued_products_and_services https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Google_products#Discon... Let's not pretend that there was only one "really used" service they pulled. At Google's scale, every service is "really used".

KirinDave 11y ago
Yeah because iGoogle had a loyal and dedicated following of users that were being underserved by the web desktop market?
- saurik 11y ago
  https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6518473 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6518473
- d23 11y ago
  He linked a TON of projects that have been shut down. The logic of your message seems to be "they only shut down things that aren't popular, therefore you should feel fine using this really niche product that will never expand beyond a small group of developers." And for the record, I did use iGoogle. And there were plenty of people who used Wave, Reader, Code, and Labs.
  - KirinDave 11y ago
    Reader and Code are the only ones that had traction. I object to the idea that it is, "a Google" when we could make the same argument of many tech companies. I object specifically here because it's been shown to be a talking point in a whole deck of talking points written for an MPAA smear campaign on Google. And it's not particularly fair. They should call it, "Pulling a startup" given how often we fail at them.
    - mst 11y ago
      > deck of talking points I can find https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150724/15501631756/smoking-gun-mpaa-emails-reveal-plan-to-run-anti-google-smear-campaign-via-today-show-wsj.shtml https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150724/15501631756/smoki... (and a bunch of other articles about the same emails) but that doesn't seem to have the deck you're referring to. Any chance you can dig out a link?
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Google_products#Discontinued_products_and_services https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Google_products#Discon... Let's

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KirinDave 11y ago
Yeah because iGoogle had a loyal and dedicated following of users that were being underserved by the web desktop market?
- saurik 11y ago
  https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6518473 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6518473
- d23 11y ago
  He linked a TON of projects that have been shut down. The logic of your message seems to be "they only shut down things that aren't popular, therefore you should feel fine using this really niche product that will never expand beyond a small group of developers." And for the record, I did use iGoogle. And there were plenty of people who used Wave, Reader, Code, and Labs.
  - KirinDave 11y ago
    Reader and Code are the only ones that had traction. I object to the idea that it is, "a Google" when we could make the same argument of many tech companies. I object specifically here because it's been shown to be a talking point in a whole deck of talking points written for an MPAA smear campaign on Google. And it's not particularly fair. They should call it, "Pulling a startup" given how often we fail at them.
    - mst 11y ago
      > deck of talking points I can find https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150724/15501631756/smoking-gun-mpaa-emails-reveal-plan-to-run-anti-google-smear-campaign-via-today-show-wsj.shtml https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150724/15501631756/smoki... (and a bunch of other articles about the same emails) but that doesn't seem to have the deck you're referring to. Any chance you can dig out a link?
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