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Because people at google need promotions and launches are one of the few good ways to get them.

rixrax 8y ago
Or maybe they are too busy protesting[0][1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][..] instead of focusing on product ;-) Interestingly, before 2017, very few (no?) public news of them employees walking out or protesting publicly @ Google. It's almost like Sergey going to the airport to protest opened the floodgates[6]. The Times They Are a-Changin' (or no good deed goes unpunished...). [0] https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/27/read-google-employees-open-letter-protesting-project-dragonfly.html https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/27/read-google-employees-open-l... [1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2018/11/01/google-employees-worldwide-begin-walkout-over-allegations-sexual-harassment-inequality-within-company/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.f346e580366b https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2018/11/01/google-em... [2] https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/16/technology/google-employees-protest-search-censored-china.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/16/technology/google-employe... [3] https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/04/technology/google-letter-ceo-pentagon-project.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/04/technology/google-letter-... [4] https://www.cnbc.com/2017/01/30/google-employees-protest-trump.html https://www.cnbc.com/2017/01/30/google-employees-protest-tru... [5] https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/08/07/542020041/google-grapples-with-fallout-after-employee-slams-diversity-efforts https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/08/07/542020041... [6] https://www.theverge.com/2017/1/28/14428262/google-sergey-brin https://www.theverge.com/2017/1/28/14428262/google-sergey-br... [7] https://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/11/14/google-employees-speak-out-about-government-spying/ https://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/11/14/google-employees-s... [8] https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/2012/01/sopa-blackout-wikipedia-google-wired-join-protest-against-internet-censorship/ https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/2012/01/sopa-blackou... [..] https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2011/10/12/whoops-google-engineer-accidentally-makes-his-plus-sucks-rant-public/#b9697f26cb4f https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2011/10/12/whoops-g...
- aokiji 8y ago
  I am sorry for your downvotes. This was another hit-and-run by globalist manipulators and their far-left islamofascist pawns.
- zapzupnz 8y ago
  Google's been killing their products left, right, and centre long before this whole thing. Absolutely no link.
- Pica_soO 8y ago
  @aokiji If they are such all power-full manipulators, then its good, that the most superior being- you, looked through all that. </iron> </y>
- pokemongoaway 8y ago
  If you kill this comment too, then you had better supply a reason. Sick of HN censorship.
- powerslacker 8y ago
  I hate when people just downvote posts that don't align with their politics.
  - zapzupnz 8y ago
    This wasn't downvoted because of a lack of political alignment; it was downvoted because there's absolutely no link. The post implies a causal link, but there isn't even a correlational one; Google has been shuttering its own projects only a couple of years after launch for years, long before the current round of employee protests.
nojvek 8y ago
That’s usually the case for any big corporation. I think Google is at a place where it feels they have too many cooks. Just focus on the core things like Apple.
- null000 8y ago
  I'm thoroughly convinced one of the strategies of large tech companies is to suck all the air out of the room when it comes to engineer talent. I've seen the inside of these corporations - most of the stuff people work on is way below their pay grade (even if it still technically needs to get done) yet they still have a ridiculously rigorous interview process and somehow manage to hire like crazy with salaries and benefits way better than a startup can offer. It just doesn't make sense unless the goal is to deprive potential up and coming competitors of talent.
  - konschubert 8y ago
    I don't think that strategy is very effective though. The supply of developers is quite elastic in the long term and it just drives competitors to increase their engineering efficiency.
    - taurath 8y ago
      Also to pay more than they would normally.
- sigi45 8y ago
  Sry what? Google has enough very good products which shows what Google is doing. Yes they have some issues with wave, talk, hangout and duo but also have gmail, search, drive, etc. Apple not always gets it right and Google also.
Zarel 8y ago
The problem is, they haven't even launched anything to replace Hangouts!
- JVIDEL 8y ago
  Think they will? anyway, what really worries me right now is what's going to happen with all those stored hangout conversations, will those still be accessible? will users be allowed to download them? or everything is getting deleted?
  - Zarel 8y ago
    https://twitter.com/happyinwater/status/1068861340800958466 https://twitter.com/happyinwater/status/1068861340800958466 Apparently they'll be migrated to Hangouts Chat. My Project Fi calling/texting from computer features are in limbo, though.

Or maybe they are too busy protesting[0][1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][..] instead of focusing on product ;-) Interestingly, before 2017, very few (no?) public news of them employees walking out or protesting publicly @ Google. It's almost like Sergey going to the airport to protest opened the floodgates[6]. The Times They Are a-Changin' (or no good deed goes unpunished...). [0] https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/27/read-google-employees-open-letter-protesting-project-dragonfly.html https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/27/read-google-employees-open-l... [1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2018/11/01/google-employees-worldwide-begin-walkout-over-allegations-sexual-harassment-inequality-within-company/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.f346e580366b https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2018/11/01/google-em... [2] https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/16/technology/google-employees-protest-search-censored-china.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/16/technology/google-employe... [3] https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/04/technology/google-letter-ceo-pentagon-project.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/04/technology/google-letter-... [4] https://www.cnbc.com/2017/01/30/google-employees-protest-trump.html https://www.cnbc.com/2017/01/30/google-employees-protest-tru... [5] https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/08/07/542020041/google-grapples-with-fallout-after-employee-slams-diversity-efforts https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/08/07/542020041... [6] https://www.theverge.com/2017/1/28/14428262/google-sergey-brin https://www.theverge.com/2017/1/28/14428262/google-sergey-br... [7] https://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/11/14/google-employees-speak-out-about-government-spying/ https://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/11/14/google-employees-s... [8] https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/2012/01/sopa-blackout-wikipedia-google-wired-join-protest-against-internet-censorship/ https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/2012/01/sopa-blackou... [..] https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2011/10/12/whoops-google-engineer-accidentally-makes-his-plus-sucks-rant-public/#b9697f26cb4f https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2011/10/12/whoops-g...

aokiji 8y ago
I am sorry for your downvotes. This was another hit-and-run by globalist manipulators and their far-left islamofascist pawns.
zapzupnz 8y ago
Google's been killing their products left, right, and centre long before this whole thing. Absolutely no link.
Pica_soO 8y ago
@aokiji If they are such all power-full manipulators, then its good, that the most superior being- you, looked through all that. </iron> </y>
pokemongoaway 8y ago
If you kill this comment too, then you had better supply a reason. Sick of HN censorship.
powerslacker 8y ago
I hate when people just downvote posts that don't align with their politics.
- zapzupnz 8y ago
  This wasn't downvoted because of a lack of political alignment; it was downvoted because there's absolutely no link. The post implies a causal link, but there isn't even a correlational one; Google has been shuttering its own projects only a couple of years after launch for years, long before the current round of employee protests.

nojvek 8y ago

That’s usually the case for any big corporation. I think Google is at a place where it feels they have too many cooks. Just focus on the core things like Apple.

null000 8y ago
I'm thoroughly convinced one of the strategies of large tech companies is to suck all the air out of the room when it comes to engineer talent. I've seen the inside of these corporations - most of the stuff people work on is way below their pay grade (even if it still technically needs to get done) yet they still have a ridiculously rigorous interview process and somehow manage to hire like crazy with salaries and benefits way better than a startup can offer. It just doesn't make sense unless the goal is to deprive potential up and coming competitors of talent.
- konschubert 8y ago
  I don't think that strategy is very effective though. The supply of developers is quite elastic in the long term and it just drives competitors to increase their engineering efficiency.
  - taurath 8y ago
    Also to pay more than they would normally.
sigi45 8y ago
Sry what? Google has enough very good products which shows what Google is doing. Yes they have some issues with wave, talk, hangout and duo but also have gmail, search, drive, etc. Apple not always gets it right and Google also.

Zarel 8y ago

The problem is, they haven't even launched anything to replace Hangouts!

JVIDEL 8y ago
Think they will? anyway, what really worries me right now is what's going to happen with all those stored hangout conversations, will those still be accessible? will users be allowed to download them? or everything is getting deleted?
- Zarel 8y ago
  https://twitter.com/happyinwater/status/1068861340800958466 https://twitter.com/happyinwater/status/1068861340800958466 Apparently they'll be migrated to Hangouts Chat. My Project Fi calling/texting from computer features are in limbo, though.