These both signal that Google often wastes its resources through poor planning. If you have developers working on competing products, you're wasting developer

These both signal that Google often wastes its resources through poor planning. If you have developers working on competing products, you're wasting developer time. If you inevitably shut down products, you're wasting developer time. They are the same phenomenon. The coherent recommendation isn't for more or fewer products, it's for some kind of product strategy.