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> It would have gone much better if Google management had announced one communication platform and committed to making it their bet going forward. Ironically,
by Multicomp 6y ago
> It would have gone much better if Google management had announced one communication platform and committed to making it their bet going forward.
Ironically, Google had this circa 2013 with Hangouts. The mobile app did SMS, im, video chat, voice chat,. you could do all the same on the web or desktop programs, including sending SMS messages from your computer.
For a short time, Google had an iMessage competitor and if they had merely stayed the course, they would have much more usage today then their fragmented explosion of mobile apps today.
Instead, they keep trying to kill Hangouts.
- pocket_titan 6y agoAnd they've tried once more, by making Meets free for individuals. I loved Hangouts (& still do!), esp the plugins. I don't get their drive towards fragmentation, honestly
- bathtub365 6y agoI’ve heard that the best way to get promoted at Google is to launch a new product. If true, that might explain it.
- lowdose 6y agoThis fable sounds so old and dusty that probably the only people that didn't hear this parrot song are occupying a shout forum like twitter because they never listen. I dare you to use the HN search function on comments and come up with a day nobody mentioned this internal career ladder inside Google.
- bathtub365 6y agoSorry, are you saying it’s incorrect, or that you’re just tired of hearing about it?
- exolymph 6y agoClichés become so for a reason.
- ravenstine 6y agoI have a theory that plays into that, which is that Google wants new projects all the time, even if they are new projects, because they think it will keep them relevant and prevent them from being seen like the IBM of our day. Hangouts is a perfectly good product, but that's so 2013!