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The bigger news isn't that indie developers are stunned - they shouldn't be, given Google's product history. The real story is that Stadia employees had no clu

The bigger news isn't that indie developers are stunned - they shouldn't be, given Google's product history. The real story is that Stadia employees had no clue, and were operating normally until the announcement. (Even if employees don't know 100%, typically management will put a freeze on some operations with a vague excuse)

jeffwask 4y ago
They were giving it away as a benefit to OnePlus customers a week before they shut it down. Here's a free benefit for your membership... psych.
ncr100 4y ago
> stunned - they shouldn't be, given Google's product history I disagree, a slight thing but worthwhile disagree, I think useful to remaining an integrated and active human: the premise that there is a "should not" about being stunned presumes feeling surprise is somehow bad, a "should not." It's okay to be stunned. Feelings can be inconvenient and wrong / only part of the picture. And you I assume want a deterministic life. SO, learn to cope with feelings. Generally, accept feelings and reactions as a part of existence. Otherwise you (human) will start to ignore your feelings and get neurotic.
- bdcravens 4y ago
  "should not" doesn't always mean judgement; it speaks of probability: "A cat should not have five legs". Or to speak to human emotions: "Your partner cheated on 5 out of their last 10 partners. You should not be stunned that they cheated on you". Also, in your poetic musings on the human condition and the validity of emotions, I think you're confusing being upset with being stunned. We can be upset at something, even if we shouldn't be surprised it happened.
nstart 4y ago
And then right after they announced the shutdown the chromebooks division announces a gaming oriented Chromebook lineup that has partnered with Microsoft, Amazon, and nvidia on their cloud gaming offerings. That must hurt the stadia team so much.

jeffwask 4y ago

They were giving it away as a benefit to OnePlus customers a week before they shut it down. Here's a free benefit for your membership... psych.

ncr100 4y ago

> stunned - they shouldn't be, given Google's product history I disagree, a slight thing but worthwhile disagree, I think useful to remaining an integrated and active human: the premise that there is a "should not" about being stunned presumes feeling surprise is somehow bad, a "should not." It's okay to be stunned. Feelings can be inconvenient and wrong / only part of the picture. And you I assume want a deterministic life. SO, learn to cope with feelings. Generally, accept feelings and reactions as a part of existence. Otherwise you (human) will start to ignore your feelings and get neurotic.

bdcravens 4y ago
"should not" doesn't always mean judgement; it speaks of probability: "A cat should not have five legs". Or to speak to human emotions: "Your partner cheated on 5 out of their last 10 partners. You should not be stunned that they cheated on you". Also, in your poetic musings on the human condition and the validity of emotions, I think you're confusing being upset with being stunned. We can be upset at something, even if we shouldn't be surprised it happened.

nstart 4y ago

And then right after they announced the shutdown the chromebooks division announces a gaming oriented Chromebook lineup that has partnered with Microsoft, Amazon, and nvidia on their cloud gaming offerings. That must hurt the stadia team so much.