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Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me 204 times, shame on me. https://killedbygoogle.com/ https://killedbygoogle.com/

mortehu 6y ago
Slashdot.org was plagued by people posting "first post" to every story, so they implemented an automatic "first post" comment to each article, that was removed as soon as other comments appeared. Maybe this comment ("Google will shut this down like so many other products") should be similarly posted automatically to Hacker News on every Google story?
- heavyset_go 6y ago
  It's ironic how my least favorite genre of posts are posts that complain about other posts.
  - deleted 6y ago
    [deleted]
  - dmurray 6y ago
    HN could also offer you the option to hide the automatic "Google will shut this down" post, and all its replies.
    - sirlatrom 6y ago
      Woooosh ;)
  - organian 6y ago
    It's ironic how my least favorite genre of comments are about people discussing the correct usage of the word "ironic".
- asdfk-12 6y ago
  Perhaps this listing service would get more goodwill from users and business if they were to pay sellers a commission when a listed item sells. Google's extractive (no, it's actually not 'free') business model has become quite tiresome, and they seem to have wasted their first-mover advantage over the past decade.
- jjcon 6y ago
  Alternatively Google could just grow a spine and stop reinventing the same app year after year. The worst part is that they go all pikachu face when people react with wtf.
- bdcravens 6y ago
  Could add the same logic for the inevitable "self host it" when Github is down, or the "but we did it first!" comment from Gitlab whenever Github announces a feature.
yandrypozo 6y ago
when will we stop being fooled by Google? I still miss gtalk by the way :(
- techntoke 6y ago
  When will we stop being fooled by Microsoft, Apple, Sony, Tesla, etc?
mav3rick 6y ago
"companies don't try new things" - HN "Google kills products" - HN 99% of the people here would gladly work at Google. But what's the next best thing .. downplay the company you couldn't get into :) Carry on !
- pirocks 6y ago
  I wouldn't gladly work for Google. I hope I'm not in the 1%.
- jjcon 6y ago
  Google isn’t trying new things they are re-releasing the same apps with less functionality while simultaneously killing off user bases. This isn’t some esoteric engineer criticism - it’s mainstream at this point.
- StreamBright 6y ago
  I was trying to get into Google 3 times in my life. Results so far: - some (all? one?) interview failure (no feedback), rejection - interviews passed, no degree in CS (which was known to them prior of the interviews), rejection - interviews passed, this time missing CS degree is not a problem, no cultural fit, rejection I think I am done. You are assumption is without merit though.
  - mav3rick 6y ago
    There are many many people without CS degrees at Google.
    - StreamBright 6y ago
      https://www.axios.com/google-apple-college-degree-hiring-a290bca8-65a7-4de2-8fa9-d93b4c30457a.html https://www.axios.com/google-apple-college-degree-hiring-a29...
  - discobot 6y ago
    I wonder how 100K of engineers made it in
three_seagrass 6y ago
I am not sure if that's relevant given that google shopping has been around for almost two decades now.
dqpb 6y ago
That was my first thought. This will be gone in a year or two.
azangru 6y ago
The list is misleading. Angular.js was superseded by Angular 2. Google hangouts was superseded by Google Meet...
- jjcon 6y ago
  I’d agree on angular but for most the others including hangouts the problem is that it isn’t just an update - it’s an entirely new app/service. Meet isnt superseding hangouts - google is killing hangouts and offering a new app in its place. Can you imagine if Apple killed off iMessage, didn’t offer a way for people to transfer data and then just offered half the functionality to people in a new app? Google is an absolute shitshow these days.
leoh 6y ago
Dude, who cares?
- Hallucinaut 6y ago
  Anyone that tries to establish a livelihood based upon the service?
  - leoh 6y ago
    I hope you're diversifying and trying more than one service to sell your goods? Especially one that doesn't charge you anything?

Slashdot.org was plagued by people posting "first post" to every story, so they implemented an automatic "first post" comment to each article, that was removed as soon as other comments appeared. Maybe this comment ("Google will shut this down like so many other products") should be similarly posted automatically to Hacker News on every Google story?

heavyset_go 6y ago
It's ironic how my least favorite genre of posts are posts that complain about other posts.
- deleted 6y ago
  [deleted]
- dmurray 6y ago
  HN could also offer you the option to hide the automatic "Google will shut this down" post, and all its replies.
  - sirlatrom 6y ago
    Woooosh ;)
- organian 6y ago
  It's ironic how my least favorite genre of comments are about people discussing the correct usage of the word "ironic".
asdfk-12 6y ago
Perhaps this listing service would get more goodwill from users and business if they were to pay sellers a commission when a listed item sells. Google's extractive (no, it's actually not 'free') business model has become quite tiresome, and they seem to have wasted their first-mover advantage over the past decade.
jjcon 6y ago
Alternatively Google could just grow a spine and stop reinventing the same app year after year. The worst part is that they go all pikachu face when people react with wtf.
bdcravens 6y ago
Could add the same logic for the inevitable "self host it" when Github is down, or the "but we did it first!" comment from Gitlab whenever Github announces a feature.

yandrypozo 6y ago

when will we stop being fooled by Google? I still miss gtalk by the way :(

techntoke 6y ago
When will we stop being fooled by Microsoft, Apple, Sony, Tesla, etc?

mav3rick 6y ago

"companies don't try new things" - HN "Google kills products" - HN 99% of the people here would gladly work at Google. But what's the next best thing .. downplay the company you couldn't get into :) Carry on !

pirocks 6y ago
I wouldn't gladly work for Google. I hope I'm not in the 1%.
jjcon 6y ago
Google isn’t trying new things they are re-releasing the same apps with less functionality while simultaneously killing off user bases. This isn’t some esoteric engineer criticism - it’s mainstream at this point.
StreamBright 6y ago
I was trying to get into Google 3 times in my life. Results so far: - some (all? one?) interview failure (no feedback), rejection - interviews passed, no degree in CS (which was known to them prior of the interviews), rejection - interviews passed, this time missing CS degree is not a problem, no cultural fit, rejection I think I am done. You are assumption is without merit though.
- mav3rick 6y ago
  There are many many people without CS degrees at Google.
  - StreamBright 6y ago
    https://www.axios.com/google-apple-college-degree-hiring-a290bca8-65a7-4de2-8fa9-d93b4c30457a.html https://www.axios.com/google-apple-college-degree-hiring-a29...
- discobot 6y ago
  I wonder how 100K of engineers made it in

three_seagrass 6y ago

I am not sure if that's relevant given that google shopping has been around for almost two decades now.

dqpb 6y ago

That was my first thought. This will be gone in a year or two.

azangru 6y ago

The list is misleading. Angular.js was superseded by Angular 2. Google hangouts was superseded by Google Meet...

jjcon 6y ago
I’d agree on angular but for most the others including hangouts the problem is that it isn’t just an update - it’s an entirely new app/service. Meet isnt superseding hangouts - google is killing hangouts and offering a new app in its place. Can you imagine if Apple killed off iMessage, didn’t offer a way for people to transfer data and then just offered half the functionality to people in a new app? Google is an absolute shitshow these days.

leoh 6y ago

Dude, who cares?

Hallucinaut 6y ago
Anyone that tries to establish a livelihood based upon the service?
- leoh 6y ago
  I hope you're diversifying and trying more than one service to sell your goods? Especially one that doesn't charge you anything?