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You're being downvoted, but I'd actually agree. My guess is this idea originated from the Chrome team in an effort to improve the browsing experience. Google
by SquareWheel 9y ago
You're being downvoted, but I'd actually agree. My guess is this idea originated from the Chrome team in an effort to improve the browsing experience.
Google rarely makes unilateral decisions from the top down to product teams. They mostly operate independently.
- HappyTypist 9y agoThat's true, but every Googler knows how much of their pay check and RSUs come from ad revenue.
- iainmerrick 9y agoGoogle rarely makes unilateral decisions from the top down to product teams. Apart from shutting them down.
- runeks 9y agoTo be fair, relying on product teams to shut themselves down, in case they've hit a dead-end, probably wouldn't work.
- TillE 9y agoActually, why not? It's not like the employees get fired. You generally know when you're working on a crappy product.
- atsaloli 9y agoGoogle Reader was a fantastically useful product for me. Not "crappy" at all.
- toyg 9y agoThat's the point parent is making: the Reader team probably wouldn't have opted for shutting down, and they would have been right.
- phasmantistes 9y agoThe reader team didn't exist (and hadn't for years) at the time the decision was made to shut it down.