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Sort of the anti-Google. Whereas Google will release something, get user traction and then try to make it 'best in the world'. If it doesn't get to world class
by CyanLite2 4y ago
Sort of the anti-Google.
Whereas Google will release something, get user traction and then try to make it 'best in the world'. If it doesn't get to world class status, then it cancels it and moves on, pissing off the early adopters in the process.
The problem is that this becomes counter-productive just like serial dramas in the TV world. If people think you're going to cancel something, they're not going to get emotionally invested in your product. Then it almost certainly gets canceled because it doesn't get enough user traction. Rinse. Repeat.
- ytpete 4y agoApple will pull the plug on things that aren't panning out too though. The MacBook Pro's Touch Bar came and went in a pretty short period of time, for example. Though I suppose in that specific example at least, the people whose trust was damaged are mainly developers who invested in building for it, and probably less so users who invested in learning it or relying on it. Maybe there are better, more Google-like examples where user/community trust bears the brunt of it.
- barryvan 4y agoMostly went. My 2022 13" MacBook Pro still includes it. Whether or not it should is a different question, of course.
- kccqzy 4y agoFrom the perspective of employees it's also terrible to see the product being worked on for years get cancelled. Sometimes there are no easy choices. My takeaway is that Apple wants its customers to be happy even at the expense of its employees, but Google wants its employees to be happy (product launch => promotions) more than it wants its customers to.