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Joking aside, this self-fulfilling prophecy issue is turning into a serious problem for Google that needs attention from the C-suite. Killing a product is no lo
by Analemma_ 7y ago
Joking aside, this self-fulfilling prophecy issue is turning into a serious problem for Google that needs attention from the C-suite. Killing a product is no longer isolated to that product alone but is reflecting badly on the entire company and kneecapping completely unrelated teams. It's especially bad in the cloud: there are tons of enterprises that won't even look at GCP because of Google's flighty reputation.
- JohnFen 7y agoI think Google has reached the size and power that their execs probably think "We don't care. We don't have to."
- SanchoPanda 7y agoThe question I assme they ask themselves is "If we no longer let small teams build and release interesting products, what do we miss out on?" The answer probably has a lot to do with employee motivation and retention as well.
- sorenjan 7y agoThe constant cancelling of products combined with the risk of having my Google account banned in one service and then locking me out from all others are the main reasons I don't even try out new Google services. The data collection would be one other reason, but they already know everything about me.