Google's reputation is, and has been for years, so bad on this front that most of their initiatives are stillborn for this reason pretty much from the day they

Google's reputation is, and has been for years, so bad on this front that most of their initiatives are stillborn for this reason pretty much from the day they are announced. Three years ago we had this regarding Stadia: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21596003 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21596003 (even before this, I recall lots of skepticism re: Stadia on the day it was announced)