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Google has developed a brand problem, similar that Microsoft. I'm positive that many would stop using Twitter if they bought it.
by tdkl 10y ago
Google has developed a brand problem, similar that Microsoft. I'm positive that many would stop using Twitter if they bought it.
- golfer 10y agoGoogle has 7 different products with over 1 billion users [1]. This "brand problem" you speak of, if it exists at all, doesn't seem to have slowed them down much. [1] http://www.popsci.com/google-has-7-products-with-1-billion-users http://www.popsci.com/google-has-7-products-with-1-billion-u...
- tdkl 10y agoAnd all of them weren't launched in last 3 years.
- orf 10y agoRight because if you don't launch a product that reaches over 1/6th of the human population every 3 years your irrelevant.
- delroth 10y agoGoogle Photos (launched in May 2015) reportedly had 200M 30DA a year after its official launch [1]. Sure, it's not a billion, but how many products do you know that reached 1B 30DA in their first 3 years? I can't think of a single one. [1] http://www.theverge.com/2016/5/18/11685424/google-photos-update-new-features-io-2016 http://www.theverge.com/2016/5/18/11685424/google-photos-upd...
- jshevek 10y agoAnd many people would start using Twitter if it was well integrated into some of Google's services.
- chetanahuja 10y ago"Google has developed a brand problem" You're spending too much time in the HN/Startup echo chamber. Google has no brand problem with public at large.