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Google Music is probably just following the typical path of a Google service: 1. Create something new in a given category and hype it up. 2. If it fails to ca
by oftenwrong 6y ago
Google Music is probably just following the typical path of a Google service:
1. Create something new in a given category and hype it up.
2. If it fails to catch on massively, neglect it. Make only minor changes, while competitors are continuously improving their offerings.
3. Leave that old service to rot until you decide to shut it down. Meanwhile, start over from step 1 with different branding.
I can't say this is a poor strategy for a company like Google.
- mattkevan 6y agoSeems like all the people in charge at Microsoft in the 2000s have moved over to Google, as the product strategy seems the same – create something, watch it fail, kill it, hastily rebrand the old thing as a new thing and repeat. E.g. MSN Music/Zune Marketplace/XBox Music/Microsoft Store/Groove Music