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"This concern — that Google might just give up on Stadia at some point and kill the service, as it has done with so many other services over the years — was rep

"This concern — that Google might just give up on Stadia at some point and kill the service, as it has done with so many other services over the years — was repeatedly brought up, unprompted, by every person we spoke with for this piece." There it is, right there. Nobody takes Google seriously on any new initiative outside their core wheelhouse. We've all been burned too many times.

ehsankia 7y ago
I find this point so overplayed lately. Can someone here name "so many other (paid) services" that Google has killed? And even for free ones, how many major services can you name of the scale of Stadia? G+ is really the only one, and maybe Allo. Hangouts is still not killed though its future is uncertain, GPM is apparently being migrated and Inbox was mostly a UI over Gmail. Other than those, almost every other item in those cemetery site is a trivial side project, not even close to being comparable to Stadia.
- Analemma_ 7y ago
  The thing is, it doesn’t really matter if it’s overplayed: this is one of those times when perception is reality. If people avoid new Google products because they‘re afraid of it getting shut down— and according to the article that definitely seems to be happening here—then it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy, and a positive feedback cycle on top of that.
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- 72deluxe 7y ago
  Out of interest, what is the alternative to Hangouts from Google? I have Duo but I don't want to video call all the time. I would like to IM and send pictures (without WhatsApp). Does Google have an alternative or are they just ditching it for no purpose?
  - ehsankia 7y ago
    It's still not clear, but I doubt they will fully ditch it. My understanding is that Hangout Chat is going to replace it, but the current iteration is very enterprise centric (feels like Slack). The fact that they still haven't killed Hangout makes me think that they will adapt Chat to be closer to the old Hangout and swap the two.
- abacadaba 7y ago
  Currently, some features on our site still broken from fusion tables being shut down. Relatively easy to move to other solutions in the grand scheme of things of course, and we were warned well (months) ahead of time, and yet somehow another release passes without it being fixed..

ehsankia 7y ago

I find this point so overplayed lately. Can someone here name "so many other (paid) services" that Google has killed? And even for free ones, how many major services can you name of the scale of Stadia? G+ is really the only one, and maybe Allo. Hangouts is still not killed though its future is uncertain, GPM is apparently being migrated and Inbox was mostly a UI over Gmail. Other than those, almost every other item in those cemetery site is a trivial side project, not even close to being comparable to Stadia.

Analemma_ 7y ago
The thing is, it doesn’t really matter if it’s overplayed: this is one of those times when perception is reality. If people avoid new Google products because they‘re afraid of it getting shut down— and according to the article that definitely seems to be happening here—then it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy, and a positive feedback cycle on top of that.
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72deluxe 7y ago
Out of interest, what is the alternative to Hangouts from Google? I have Duo but I don't want to video call all the time. I would like to IM and send pictures (without WhatsApp). Does Google have an alternative or are they just ditching it for no purpose?
- ehsankia 7y ago
  It's still not clear, but I doubt they will fully ditch it. My understanding is that Hangout Chat is going to replace it, but the current iteration is very enterprise centric (feels like Slack). The fact that they still haven't killed Hangout makes me think that they will adapt Chat to be closer to the old Hangout and swap the two.
abacadaba 7y ago
Currently, some features on our site still broken from fusion tables being shut down. Relatively easy to move to other solutions in the grand scheme of things of course, and we were warned well (months) ahead of time, and yet somehow another release passes without it being fixed..