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Pretty standard Google playbook these days. Instead of building something and then cancelling it later when it doesn't gain traction to get their PR win, they
by kenhwang 5y ago
Pretty standard Google playbook these days.
Instead of building something and then cancelling it later when it doesn't gain traction to get their PR win, they decide to cash in on the PR win upfront with a big partnership announcement, then cancel the product before building it if it doesn't gain sufficient traction, thus saving on engineering costs and streamlining the typical Google technical offering lifecycle.
Behind the scenes, Google usually gives the partnering company some pretty nice discounts. Usually no one does any engineering until someone else sees the PR and also wants in on this "exciting new feature" and they're the one actually beta testing the product that they thought the announced companies already used.
- Drew_ 5y agoThis is such an odd conspiracy theory. This new effort is a response to regulation in markets around the world like South Korea [1] and the Netherlands [2] [1] https://www.theverge.com/2021/11/4/22763040/google-in-app-purchases-alternative-south-korea-payments https://www.theverge.com/2021/11/4/22763040/google-in-app-pu.... [2] https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/24/22852966/apple-netherlands-dating-apps-match-tinder-app-store-competition https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/24/22852966/apple-netherlan...
- judge2020 5y agoThis sure would have saved Stadia. Sadly, they'd already put in the work securiring partners (Bunge with Destiny 2) and basically had a full product that was first demoed in 2018 under the name 'Project Stream'[0]. 0: https://youtu.be/yLPvyKvtbwE https://youtu.be/yLPvyKvtbwE
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