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haha Google seems to do this with a ton of projects. Make it half way and give up. They do it so publicly so often there's a whole Wikipedia page for every pr

haha Google seems to do this with a ton of projects. Make it half way and give up. They do it so publicly so often there's a whole Wikipedia page for every project they've started and killed. Just got another one to add to the list.

teambayleaf 7y ago
Google is just a bunch of groups who try to push their own product so that they can get a good review. If they manage to get an initial positive result and have some publicity, then the project is basically done. No one has interest in it anymore.
disqard 7y ago
From Google's blog post [0]: "We would need to essentially rebuild our entire network in Louisville to provide the great service that Google Fiber is known for, and that's just not the right business decision for us." That's exactly what the shareholders want to hear. Capitalism's myopic focus on "maximizing shareholder returns" will usually choose the cheaper option over doing the Right Thing. [0] https://fiber.googleblog.com/2019/02/louisville_7.html https://fiber.googleblog.com/2019/02/louisville_7.html
taormina 7y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Google_products#Discontinued_products_and_services https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Google_products#Discon... Also found https://killedbygoogle.com/ https://killedbygoogle.com/
notfromhere 7y ago
They're just trying to find something as profitable as search ads, which will never happen given that Adwords is a high margin cash printing machine. Hence why every other product of theirs ends up in a graveyard because it can never compare to its monopoly on search
- z2 7y ago
  More generally, is there any thing that can be done for companies in this situation or is growth outside the cash cow impossible? Can they spin off the new project into a subsidiary to lessen the effects of the mothership's risk and ROI demands?
- sridca 7y ago
  All of these are assumptions (some cynical). But what is the actual reason Google is experimenting with projects in this manner? I wonder if Google is using their data-based approach here.
  - notfromhere 7y ago
    For someone like Google, there's no point in pursuing a product line they're not dominant in. It's all just speculation, but either google is just godawful at managing acquisitions or side projects, or they don't bother to pursue product lines where its profitable but not overwhelmingly so

teambayleaf 7y ago

Google is just a bunch of groups who try to push their own product so that they can get a good review. If they manage to get an initial positive result and have some publicity, then the project is basically done. No one has interest in it anymore.

disqard 7y ago

From Google's blog post [0]: "We would need to essentially rebuild our entire network in Louisville to provide the great service that Google Fiber is known for, and that's just not the right business decision for us." That's exactly what the shareholders want to hear. Capitalism's myopic focus on "maximizing shareholder returns" will usually choose the cheaper option over doing the Right Thing. [0] https://fiber.googleblog.com/2019/02/louisville_7.html https://fiber.googleblog.com/2019/02/louisville_7.html

taormina 7y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Google_products#Discontinued_products_and_services https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Google_products#Discon... Also found https://killedbygoogle.com/ https://killedbygoogle.com/

notfromhere 7y ago

They're just trying to find something as profitable as search ads, which will never happen given that Adwords is a high margin cash printing machine. Hence why every other product of theirs ends up in a graveyard because it can never compare to its monopoly on search

z2 7y ago
More generally, is there any thing that can be done for companies in this situation or is growth outside the cash cow impossible? Can they spin off the new project into a subsidiary to lessen the effects of the mothership's risk and ROI demands?
sridca 7y ago
All of these are assumptions (some cynical). But what is the actual reason Google is experimenting with projects in this manner? I wonder if Google is using their data-based approach here.
- notfromhere 7y ago
  For someone like Google, there's no point in pursuing a product line they're not dominant in. It's all just speculation, but either google is just godawful at managing acquisitions or side projects, or they don't bother to pursue product lines where its profitable but not overwhelmingly so