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You're right. If you don't count the services that still exists today, Google has killed almost all its products.

by dannyr 9y ago

sigstoat 9y ago
it'd be amusing to do an actual survival analysis of google product lifetime, with right censoring and everything.
- shabble 9y ago
  There's http://www.gwern.net/Google-shutdowns http://www.gwern.net/Google-shutdowns which it looks like gwern has been keeping updated, although it was a good while ago I last read through.
olyjohn 9y ago
Is Gmail even their priority anymore? Didn't they come out with Inbox some time back? I always was under the impression that Inbox was going to replace Gmail, but never knew for sure.
- iak8god 9y ago
  > Is Gmail even their priority anymore? Didn't they come out with Inbox some time back? They'd better not kill GMail without adding an Inbox option to not show attached image previews inline in the inbox. I had to stop using Inbox because not only are these annoying, but there's no way for me to control whether my contacts (or even complete strangers for that matter) send me emails with NSFW images attached. I like Inbox, though there are some other features I'd like to see before I permanently make the switch from GMail, but the above is a deal breaker. <me>@gmail.com has been my primary email for over a decade, but I'd have to switch to something else.
  - flavor8 9y ago
    Making calendar invites from outlook work consistently in Inbox would be good too. (I have to constantly import ics files in calendar, which sucks.)
  - slackingoff2017 9y ago
    Just buy your own domain and run Gmail on it. Super easy to do, and if Google dicks with me too much I can move my mail somewhere else in minutes without changing my address
    - iak8god 9y ago
      That'd require me to change my email address, when I've spent the last 10+ years training everyone to use my @gmail.
      - peteretep 9y ago
        Easy to set up to forward iak8god@gmail.com to me@iak8god.com, and reply from the latter.
      - toomuchtodo 9y ago
        The best time to have setup your own domain for email was ten years ago. The second best time is today. The question is not if you will move off of Gmail, but when, and would it not be better to be prepared and start the process when you're not under duress from a planned sunset?
- crucialfelix 9y ago
  I'm getting the feeling I'm the only one who happily switched to Inbox. But it sounds like the adoption is not there. I still have to use gmail for some things like deleting lots of messages. And lately inbox has managed to freeze my entire computer for up to 30s.
PascLeRasc 9y ago
> If you don't count the services that still exists today, _____ has killed almost all its products. Is there a company for which that phrase isn't true?
- jwfxpr 9y ago
  > If you don't count the _____ that [survive] today, _____ has killed almost all its [members]. Aside from the logically redundant phrasing, this seems to me a fair description of how selective pressures lead to evolution in populations. Yo yes, good point, Google does make efforts to ensure that their population of products thrives, evolves, and adapts.
  - nsriv 9y ago
    I think the phrasing was a joke
tinus_hn 9y ago
Logically there are only Google products that still exist, have been killed or have not been created yet. I expect Google does have some future left in which it will create more products so I wouldn’t say it killed almost all its product except those that still exist.

You're right. If you don't count the services that still exists today, Google has killed almost all its products.

by dannyr 9y ago

You're right. If you don't count the services that still exists today, Google has killed almost all its products.

sigstoat 9y ago

it'd be amusing to do an actual survival analysis of google product lifetime, with right censoring and everything.

shabble 9y ago
There's http://www.gwern.net/Google-shutdowns http://www.gwern.net/Google-shutdowns which it looks like gwern has been keeping updated, although it was a good while ago I last read through.

olyjohn 9y ago

Is Gmail even their priority anymore? Didn't they come out with Inbox some time back? I always was under the impression that Inbox was going to replace Gmail, but never knew for sure.

iak8god 9y ago
> Is Gmail even their priority anymore? Didn't they come out with Inbox some time back? They'd better not kill GMail without adding an Inbox option to not show attached image previews inline in the inbox. I had to stop using Inbox because not only are these annoying, but there's no way for me to control whether my contacts (or even complete strangers for that matter) send me emails with NSFW images attached. I like Inbox, though there are some other features I'd like to see before I permanently make the switch from GMail, but the above is a deal breaker. <me>@gmail.com has been my primary email for over a decade, but I'd have to switch to something else.
- flavor8 9y ago
  Making calendar invites from outlook work consistently in Inbox would be good too. (I have to constantly import ics files in calendar, which sucks.)
- slackingoff2017 9y ago
  Just buy your own domain and run Gmail on it. Super easy to do, and if Google dicks with me too much I can move my mail somewhere else in minutes without changing my address
  - iak8god 9y ago
    That'd require me to change my email address, when I've spent the last 10+ years training everyone to use my @gmail.
    - peteretep 9y ago
      Easy to set up to forward iak8god@gmail.com to me@iak8god.com, and reply from the latter.
    - toomuchtodo 9y ago
      The best time to have setup your own domain for email was ten years ago. The second best time is today. The question is not if you will move off of Gmail, but when, and would it not be better to be prepared and start the process when you're not under duress from a planned sunset?
crucialfelix 9y ago
I'm getting the feeling I'm the only one who happily switched to Inbox. But it sounds like the adoption is not there. I still have to use gmail for some things like deleting lots of messages. And lately inbox has managed to freeze my entire computer for up to 30s.

PascLeRasc 9y ago

> If you don't count the services that still exists today, _____ has killed almost all its products. Is there a company for which that phrase isn't true?

jwfxpr 9y ago
> If you don't count the _____ that [survive] today, _____ has killed almost all its [members]. Aside from the logically redundant phrasing, this seems to me a fair description of how selective pressures lead to evolution in populations. Yo yes, good point, Google does make efforts to ensure that their population of products thrives, evolves, and adapts.
- nsriv 9y ago
  I think the phrasing was a joke

tinus_hn 9y ago

Logically there are only Google products that still exist, have been killed or have not been created yet. I expect Google does have some future left in which it will create more products so I wouldn’t say it killed almost all its product except those that still exist.