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Doesn’t repeating this trope on every Google related topic get old? We get it, they cancel projects. Hahaha?

by tdhoot 8y ago

slashink 8y ago
I’d agree that it would have gotten old if this was an isolated past of Google but fact is that Google shuts downs products left and right even today, recently Google Inbox. People will keep making fun of Google for this as long as Google keep throwing products at the wall that they don’t intend to keep supporting.
- tdhoot 8y ago
  Googles inclination to deprecate products is common knowledge at this point. What value is added by restating the obvious in every Google related thread?
  - anoncake 8y ago
    To make sure it won't stop being common knowledge.
  - hpkuarg 8y ago
    It's an (admittedly somewhat low-value) homage to the classic Onion article.[0] [0] https://www.theonion.com/133-dead-as-delta-cancels-flight-in-midair-1819568121 https://www.theonion.com/133-dead-as-delta-cancels-flight-in...
- v7p1Qbt1im 8y ago
  Except, you know, this is Wing, a separate entity. Besides. It almost sounds like many people would like them to stop releasing products all together. Market research is not yet at a point where you can predict if something will be 100% successful.
  - falcor84 8y ago
    I think the problem here is with Google's definition of success - they're cancelling products with many millions of satisfied users. I'm not saying I have a perfect solution that would satisfy everyone. But, in the case of Reader or Inbox, for example, I think that they could keep the business going with about a couple of cents from every user. I feel that a company with as much power as Google should really do more to stay on its users' good sides.
Dig1t 8y ago
I thought it was funny, its just a joke? No need to be such a Debbie Downer
ClassyJacket 8y ago
I think it's the beginning of a relevant discussion thread on any Google service. At this point it's such a significant problem with anything Google runs that we should be talking about it every time they launch something.

Doesn’t repeating this trope on every Google related topic get old? We get it, they cancel projects. Hahaha?

by tdhoot 8y ago

Doesn’t repeating this trope on every Google related topic get old? We get it, they cancel projects. Hahaha?

I’d agree that it would have gotten old if this was an isolated past of Google but fact is that Google shuts downs products left and right even today, recently Google Inbox. People will keep making fun of Google for this as long as Google keep throwing products at the wall that they don’t intend to keep supporting.

tdhoot 8y ago
Googles inclination to deprecate products is common knowledge at this point. What value is added by restating the obvious in every Google related thread?
- anoncake 8y ago
  To make sure it won't stop being common knowledge.
- hpkuarg 8y ago
  It's an (admittedly somewhat low-value) homage to the classic Onion article.[0] [0] https://www.theonion.com/133-dead-as-delta-cancels-flight-in-midair-1819568121 https://www.theonion.com/133-dead-as-delta-cancels-flight-in...
v7p1Qbt1im 8y ago
Except, you know, this is Wing, a separate entity. Besides. It almost sounds like many people would like them to stop releasing products all together. Market research is not yet at a point where you can predict if something will be 100% successful.
- falcor84 8y ago
  I think the problem here is with Google's definition of success - they're cancelling products with many millions of satisfied users. I'm not saying I have a perfect solution that would satisfy everyone. But, in the case of Reader or Inbox, for example, I think that they could keep the business going with about a couple of cents from every user. I feel that a company with as much power as Google should really do more to stay on its users' good sides.

Dig1t 8y ago

I thought it was funny, its just a joke? No need to be such a Debbie Downer

ClassyJacket 8y ago

I think it's the beginning of a relevant discussion thread on any Google service. At this point it's such a significant problem with anything Google runs that we should be talking about it every time they launch something.