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I wonder if Google would benefit from spinning up new products and services in another brand or company. Later, they could migrate only what they plan on suppor
by CaptainJustin 8y ago
I wonder if Google would benefit from spinning up new products and services in another brand or company. Later, they could migrate only what they plan on supporting in the long run.
The cost of deprecating products every couple months has to be expensive - if only we could measure it.
Is anyone aware of a good response to this concern?
I understand that Google would rather deprecate something that not support it well but that does not mitigate the apparent risk of adopting / deploying Google products.
- freehunter 8y agoThat's what I figured they would do with Motorola, especially with the move to Alphabet. On the other hand, if it's under another brand name people may not associate it with "first party". When the Nexus line came out, one of the big selling features was "Android straight from Google themselves". If it was from Motorola, it'd be "Android straight from Google themselves because Google owns Motorola so hopefully their internal corporate structure means the two divisions have a close working relationship otherwise what's the point".
- howard941 8y agoDoes Alphabet still own any visible bits of Motorola? My phone claims to be Motorola, by Lenovo, complete with broken Bluetooth LE support....
- freehunter 8y agoAlphabet sold Motorola to Lenovo a few years ago after doing really nothing productive with them.
- jessaustin 8y agoThe Motorola phones of a few years ago were much more reliable than the two I've been stupid enough to buy since then.