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Google has only shown time and again, that they cannot be trusted to maintain and support the platforms or tools they create. I just find that I would prefer t

Google has only shown time and again, that they cannot be trusted to maintain and support the platforms or tools they create. I just find that I would prefer to avoid them more often than not overall at this point. The things they do keep are monetized in such a way that it's become increasingly disturbing. Not that I'm an Apple advocate, but they're also going down this path now too. When Microsoft is the least evil of the three, I think the game is pretty much lost, or at least it feels that way.

metadat 4y ago
Yes, now I can't help but sit back and chuckle or even laugh out loud with each new Google headline. They are screwing themselves in the long-term, the Google brand is driven into the ground and quickly becoming trash because of their inability to see things through and commit to anything other than Google Ads. Remember Google+? "This is the future", they said. Now it's deleted. Over and over for so many new products. What a huge waste of time. As a consumer, Google has become an obviously poor investment of my time.
- tracker1 4y ago
  Worse is the dozens of communications platforms they've launched, renamed, launched competing platforms and abandoned them all... I've been a Voice user since it was Grand Cetral... TBH, the best time for Google comms was when Hangouts kind of took over text + gvoice and integrated contacts into a shared interface... then they broke it up, reduced features and shuttered it altogether. There have been like 3 since. And that's in a single related space. Not sure what I'll do if/when they shutter GVoice, probably try to cobble something similar for myself with Twilio, or at least that's my near term plan, only hoping one can create a dialer app for Android that does the same kinds of things.
  - sorokod 4y ago
    Well, Google Spaces are back from the dead, so there is hope...
    - metadat 4y ago
      Hope for what? :) Every new thing Big-G launches (or relaunches) is yet another statistically-likely-to-be cancelled thing in the future. I'd love to have more hope, but I'm observing the same mistakes playing out over and over. If this were a human relationship, I'd respectfully choose to go out separate ways. Unfortunately not a realistic option at this point, the Tech Titans have sunk their teeth into nearly everything on the net and acquired or suffocated the smalls.
      - sorokod 4y ago
        Hope for resurrection offcourse!
- addicted 4y ago
  Google+ was the turning point it seems. I guess once your company culture allows you to U-turn so hard on something you’ve been pushing so much, as Google was Google+, U-turning on anything else becomes super easy.
abrookewood 4y ago
They seriously feel like a train wreck at this point - company heading in diverging directions, trashed reputation, deprecated services. I really wish they'd get their shit together and provide a viable alternative to AWS and iOS.
chrischen 4y ago
Not sure if Google knows how products are made. They seem to approach everything with a “one-hit wonder” or nothing at all tactic. Contrast with Apple where they decide on the market and iterate until it succeeds. Apple TV was literally a useless box for the first 2-3 years.
- helf 4y ago
  Google does not understand iteration. Like at all. It’s pathetic.
THENATHE 4y ago
If apple would just make iCloud not completely fucking garbage for windows OR support gaming on Mac (even just in the capacity of supporting Vulkan on metal) I would swap today. I’ve used iPhones and Android Phones for so long I can confidently say I have only three complaints: Lack of windows support OR gaming support on mac Apple Maps using yelp is fucking stupid Not letting all apps use safari extensions If they could fix those three things, I would literally instantly go out and spend 3000+ dollars on a new top spec MacBook Pro and IPad Pro.
epakai 4y ago
I think the Google Fi MVNO has been an exception. Pricing might not be as competitive as it used to be, but it doesn't feel questionably monetized. Just an OK plan for people that fit a small niche.

metadat 4y ago

Yes, now I can't help but sit back and chuckle or even laugh out loud with each new Google headline. They are screwing themselves in the long-term, the Google brand is driven into the ground and quickly becoming trash because of their inability to see things through and commit to anything other than Google Ads. Remember Google+? "This is the future", they said. Now it's deleted. Over and over for so many new products. What a huge waste of time. As a consumer, Google has become an obviously poor investment of my time.

tracker1 4y ago
Worse is the dozens of communications platforms they've launched, renamed, launched competing platforms and abandoned them all... I've been a Voice user since it was Grand Cetral... TBH, the best time for Google comms was when Hangouts kind of took over text + gvoice and integrated contacts into a shared interface... then they broke it up, reduced features and shuttered it altogether. There have been like 3 since. And that's in a single related space. Not sure what I'll do if/when they shutter GVoice, probably try to cobble something similar for myself with Twilio, or at least that's my near term plan, only hoping one can create a dialer app for Android that does the same kinds of things.
- sorokod 4y ago
  Well, Google Spaces are back from the dead, so there is hope...
  - metadat 4y ago
    Hope for what? :) Every new thing Big-G launches (or relaunches) is yet another statistically-likely-to-be cancelled thing in the future. I'd love to have more hope, but I'm observing the same mistakes playing out over and over. If this were a human relationship, I'd respectfully choose to go out separate ways. Unfortunately not a realistic option at this point, the Tech Titans have sunk their teeth into nearly everything on the net and acquired or suffocated the smalls.
    - sorokod 4y ago
      Hope for resurrection offcourse!
addicted 4y ago
Google+ was the turning point it seems. I guess once your company culture allows you to U-turn so hard on something you’ve been pushing so much, as Google was Google+, U-turning on anything else becomes super easy.

abrookewood 4y ago

They seriously feel like a train wreck at this point - company heading in diverging directions, trashed reputation, deprecated services. I really wish they'd get their shit together and provide a viable alternative to AWS and iOS.

chrischen 4y ago

Not sure if Google knows how products are made. They seem to approach everything with a “one-hit wonder” or nothing at all tactic. Contrast with Apple where they decide on the market and iterate until it succeeds. Apple TV was literally a useless box for the first 2-3 years.

helf 4y ago
Google does not understand iteration. Like at all. It’s pathetic.

THENATHE 4y ago

If apple would just make iCloud not completely fucking garbage for windows OR support gaming on Mac (even just in the capacity of supporting Vulkan on metal) I would swap today. I’ve used iPhones and Android Phones for so long I can confidently say I have only three complaints: Lack of windows support OR gaming support on mac Apple Maps using yelp is fucking stupid Not letting all apps use safari extensions If they could fix those three things, I would literally instantly go out and spend 3000+ dollars on a new top spec MacBook Pro and IPad Pro.

epakai 4y ago

I think the Google Fi MVNO has been an exception. Pricing might not be as competitive as it used to be, but it doesn't feel questionably monetized. Just an OK plan for people that fit a small niche.