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You see that with Google and Alphabet. “Alphabet who?” “the google people”. It’s Google Maps, not Alphabet Maps. Isn’t that a similar situation? And it doesn’
by moreira 6y ago
You see that with Google and Alphabet. “Alphabet who?” “the google people”.
It’s Google Maps, not Alphabet Maps. Isn’t that a similar situation?
And it doesn’t dilute the Google brand, if anything I’d argue it strengthens it and makes it even more well known.
- oarsinsync 6y agoGoogle was born Google and created Alphabet as a holding entity for subsequent acquisitions. Mozilla created Firefox. It’s like if Google decided to rebrand Google Maps to Chrome Maps if Chrome ended up having better brand recognition.
- moreira 6y agoThat has happened to some extent; there are a number of products named after Chrome. Chromecast has nothing to do with a web browser (or even Chrome OS, another Chrome-branded product). It definitely hasn’t gotten to a point where we’re getting Chrome Maps, but the proliferation of Chrome-branded devices does indicate that Mozilla focusing more on Firefox the brand is a reasonable decision.
- yellowapple 6y ago> Chromecast has nothing to do with a web browser At one point it basically did, since Chrome was (IIRC) the first thing to support casting to Chromecasts.
- PhillyG 6y agoI'd argue that chrome OS sounds a lot like it's an OS built around the browser and Web apps.