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I was done feeling sad many years ago. It has been absolutely ages since there was anything interesting from them. I can’t even recall the last product that see
by dougmwne 4y ago
I was done feeling sad many years ago. It has been absolutely ages since there was anything interesting from them. I can’t even recall the last product that seemed like a real innovation. Possibly the first chromecast in 2013? That’s 10 years without a hit. At this point they are covered in cobwebs.
- acheron 4y agoAppleTV had already existed for years by then, including with Airplay. I would say 2005 with Google Maps.
- dougmwne 4y agoAlright, I admit it was not incredibly ground breaking. Reason it impressed was that it was a very small, cheap and simple UI device that showed how to execute an IOT device well. It went on to be very popular and it was obvious from the start that it would be successful. And as far as I understand it was developed internally, not acquired like basically every other google product from the past 20 years. Google maps was quite impressive, but it was also cobbled together from several acquisitions. In fact, Google Earth Desktop is still basically the same software they bought from Keyhole in 2004.