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When was the last time Google really innovated in a useful product and when they did stop being involved? From what I can tell Google has ridden on the coattail
by marcinzm 4y ago
When was the last time Google really innovated in a useful product and when they did stop being involved? From what I can tell Google has ridden on the coattails of Search Advertising for much much longer than they were uninvolved. Even Google's more public attempts at innovation are toys rather than useful products.
- mrkramer 4y agoGoogle always figures out how to scale products to millions and millions of users e.g. Search, Gmail, Google Maps, YouTube, Android. But I agree with you, they are not really innovating. I would say they are scaling software in order to make it useful for mass use.
- marcinzm 4y agoThat's basically how most successful large companies function. Acquire, optimize and scale. The specific areas they optimize and scale on differs by company.
- mrkramer 4y agoBut Google is so huge that they are only satisfied if they serve hundreds of millions or billions of users. For example if you have SaaS company you would be very happy to serve hundreds or thousands of customers but if your business model is advertising like Google's is then you indeed need millions and billions of users. Your motives and incentives change when you grow big and sometimes an average customer suffers. In this case people who loved Stadia in particular are left for dead because Stadia's growth didn't satisfy Google's apetite.