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like Google Reader, this was probably not a core part of their business.
by tmaly 11y ago
like Google Reader, this was probably not a core part of their business.
- Alex3917 11y agoGoogle Reader should have been though. If they have used that as the core of Google+ then it could have had a shot at becoming the next Facebook.
- nikolay 11y agoAnd what's their core part? Self-driving cars?
- baldfat 11y agoI would put it this way. Google Photos blows away Picasa Web Albums and Imgur is a better host. It was dead as Flickr will be in the next year or so sadly.
- nikolay 11y agoI understand that, but they broke the web by killing it.
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- seanp2k2 11y agoAdvertising. If it doesn't relate to advertising or have some ad revenue channel, don't expect it to stick around for long.
- nikolay 11y ago... but it could be. They still can serve ads there!
- frewsxcv 11y agoBeside the point, but isn't the self-driving car project under Alphabet and not Google?
- nikolay 11y agoI was being sarcastic...
- daave 11y agoUnlike Google Reader, this product was replaced with a newer (and, IMO, better) alternative, Google Photos. Albums you had in Picasa aren't gone, they're just accessible through the new UI. Why should Google maintain two competing UIs for the same product? [these opinions are my own, not necessarily those of my employer, Google]
- danieldk 11y agoAlbums you had in Picasa aren't gone, they're just accessible through the new UI. Well, except that some photos do not show up in Photos and only in Picasa Albums (e.g. images shared through Hangouts). Also, Picasa had a lot more photo management features.
- nadgob 11y agoI used Picasa to organize my photos offline, so Photos is in no way a replacement. Are there any plans to open source the desktop application?