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If this were from a startup, no one would be saying the same, but because it is Google, folks want to ride the bandwagon. Microsoft has cancelled thousands of
by jnwatson 4y ago
If this were from a startup, no one would be saying the same, but because it is Google, folks want to ride the bandwagon.
Microsoft has cancelled thousands of products, but nobody says a thing.
Yet the number of hardware products Google has cancelled you can count on 1 hand.
- KerrAvon 4y agoif you have a hand with 21 fingers https://killedbygoogle.com https://killedbygoogle.com Filter Graveyard List Hardware (21)
- terinjokes 4y agoIf we used the "Killed By Google" criteria for hardware by other tech companies it would be significantly longer than 21. Of the products that made it past a tech demo, most were simply superseded by other hardware products, and many continued to work after the "killed" date (and some continue to work to this day). As jsnell said in another comment on this article, the list is bad.
- jnwatson 4y agoThat list is so bad it is disingenuous. Because Google chooses to stop making a device doesn't mean it is "killed".
- TheRealPomax 4y agoMaybe because Google has made "create a thing and kill it off because it doesn't push the needle, instead of spinning it off to its own company" is their literal modus operandus? If a random startup had made this: cool! It might actually stay in business because pushing their needle doesn't require making at least 30 million a year from the get-go.
- jnwatson 4y agoYou're confusing free "products" that Google puts online with actual for-money items. The vast majority of startups' products fail, especially in the hardware realm. I'd pick a Google hardware product to live a lot longer than a random startup's.