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I'm just gonna leave this here: https://killedbygoogle.com/ https://killedbygoogle.com/

wahern 7y ago
Notably, they killed Google Code Search: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Code_Search https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Code_Search IIRC, Google Code Search was the impetus for creating the RE2 library.
mav3rick 7y ago
How is this contributing to the discussion. Do you feel cool now after a snarky comment ?
- carapace 7y ago
  Do you?
  - mav3rick 7y ago
    I am pointing out what he did. And yes I do feel cool for pointing out something egregious.
- CamperBob2 7y ago
  It's reasonable to warn less-experienced people about Google's historical behavior. People build their businesses on Google products and services like this, not realizing the 90%+ mortality rate over 5 years or so.
  - mav3rick 7y ago
    It's reasonable for a big company to try and fail. When they don't try anything 'they're not innovative'. When they do..'oh look they failed'.
    - CamperBob2 7y ago
      That's a bit of an oversimplification. Google's failures often garner more marketplace traction than other companies' wildest success stories. But at the end of the day they are an advertising company. Any product that doesn't help them sell advertising -- and lots of it -- will eventually impede the progress of the careers of the managers and employees who work on it. That's when the axe falls... not when a product "fails," necessarily, but when it's no longer "sexy."
      - mav3rick 7y ago
        That is not true at all. You are regurgitating half baked theories of HNers who are just salty at Google (some balk at their success , some didn't get in etc .). Google's going to keep changing the world. HN is going to keep complaining.
        CamperBob2 7y ago
        Ego is a helluva drug, all right.
      - mav3rick 7y ago
        Yes just like Waymo a 10 year bet is for advertising.
        CamperBob2 7y ago
        Waymo is (a) no longer affiliated with Google, and (b) basically a hobby project. It is comparable to Blue Origin for Bezos, any of Musk's numerous speculative ventures in fields from tunnel-digging to AI, or the original AppleTV for Steve Jobs. People who work there are very well aware of that, and are OK with it. No one outside the company should allow their own business or career path to depend on Waymo, at this stage. It could vanish tomorrow at the whims of the Alphabet execs and/or directors, because their own business doesn't depend on it.
        7y ago

Notably, they killed Google Code Search: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Code_Search https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Code_Search IIRC, Google Code Search was the impetus for creating the RE2 library.

mav3rick 7y ago

How is this contributing to the discussion. Do you feel cool now after a snarky comment ?

carapace 7y ago
Do you?
- mav3rick 7y ago
  I am pointing out what he did. And yes I do feel cool for pointing out something egregious.
CamperBob2 7y ago
It's reasonable to warn less-experienced people about Google's historical behavior. People build their businesses on Google products and services like this, not realizing the 90%+ mortality rate over 5 years or so.
- mav3rick 7y ago
  It's reasonable for a big company to try and fail. When they don't try anything 'they're not innovative'. When they do..'oh look they failed'.
  - CamperBob2 7y ago
    That's a bit of an oversimplification. Google's failures often garner more marketplace traction than other companies' wildest success stories. But at the end of the day they are an advertising company. Any product that doesn't help them sell advertising -- and lots of it -- will eventually impede the progress of the careers of the managers and employees who work on it. That's when the axe falls... not when a product "fails," necessarily, but when it's no longer "sexy."
    - mav3rick 7y ago
      That is not true at all. You are regurgitating half baked theories of HNers who are just salty at Google (some balk at their success , some didn't get in etc .). Google's going to keep changing the world. HN is going to keep complaining.
      - CamperBob2 7y ago
        Ego is a helluva drug, all right.
    - mav3rick 7y ago
      Yes just like Waymo a 10 year bet is for advertising.
      - CamperBob2 7y ago
        Waymo is (a) no longer affiliated with Google, and (b) basically a hobby project. It is comparable to Blue Origin for Bezos, any of Musk's numerous speculative ventures in fields from tunnel-digging to AI, or the original AppleTV for Steve Jobs. People who work there are very well aware of that, and are OK with it. No one outside the company should allow their own business or career path to depend on Waymo, at this stage. It could vanish tomorrow at the whims of the Alphabet execs and/or directors, because their own business doesn't depend on it.
        7y ago