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You may've missed the recent news on Google Fiber pulling out of Louisville (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19106998 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=
by thaumaturgy 8y ago
You may've missed the recent news on Google Fiber pulling out of Louisville (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19106998 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19106998) as well as Google Plus shutting down.
Some folks make a hobby out of the stuff Google spins up and then abandons: https://killedbygoogle.com https://killedbygoogle.com
- dreamcompiler 8y agoThis is an amazing list. It might not be 100% fair since a few products got replaced with something better, but I think most didn't. Fundamentally, Google is just an advertising company that happens to employ very smart people. If you go to work for Google, you have to understand from the outset that you're working for an advertising company and you're not going to change the world. You might be allowed to work on a fun project, but if it doesn't directly serve the needs of advertising it will be shut down. But hey, it'll look good on your resume.