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Does Google actually have a history of destroying companies that they acquire?

• awqrre 11y ago
  not sure how many of those were acquired, but see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Google_products#Discontinued_products_and_services https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Google_products#Discon...
• deleted 11y ago
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• xyzzy4 11y ago
  Yes, they acquired Meebo and shut it down.
• tdicola 11y ago
  Dodgeball, https://www.flickr.com/photos/dpstyles/460987802/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/dpstyles/460987802/ "So.... Alex and I quit Google on Friday. It's no real secret that Google wasn't supporting dodgeball the way we expected. The whole experience was incredibly frustrating for us - especially as we couldn't convince them that dodgeball was worth engineering resources, leaving us to watch as other startups got to innovate in the mobile + social space. And while it was a tough decision (and really disappointing) to walk away from dodgeball, I'm actually looking forward to getting to work on other projects again."