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They're still trying; really really hard. But they are just not good enough. Maybe like Zuck they are / were a one trick pony. Perhaps becoming a multi billion

They're still trying; really really hard. But they are just not good enough. Maybe like Zuck they are / were a one trick pony. Perhaps becoming a multi billionaire is not proof that you can invent and monetize something anytime anywhere in any industry on demand.

steveBK123 4y ago
I think in some ways its the scale of the problems Google X / Other Bets / Alphabet went after being rather hyperbolic. Apple / Microsoft just take what they are good at to move into adjacent spaces in consumer/office tech. Apple has made some failed forays into corporate while Microsoft has not done terrible well in consumer other than gaming and maintaining their existing Windows base. I wonder if Apple leaks about stupid stuff we never see like their car and their AR is just to put other less well disciplined firms onto the trail of expensive dead ends. If you think of automakers and their "concept car" approach in which they present beautiful improbable vehicles they never ship.. Apple seems to LEAK "concept cars" they never ever preview, while Google goes all-in trying to actually ship a "concept car" no one wants, like Google glass. Apple is the result of judicious application of the word "no". Google looks like a lot of "yes" with weak knees that quickly turn into "no". I still don't understand what Google's strategy is in almost any space - messaging, social, home automation, audio, AR/VR, other than "yes... actually, no".
- AlbertCory 4y ago
  A good analysis of Apple: capture the news cycle with your whiz bang thingie, and then forget about it. > I still don't understand what Google's strategy is in almost any space Not just you. The "strategy" is "ambitious product manager creates a new 'vision', sells it, gets promoted, then quickly moves on to something else."
  - steveBK123 4y ago
    > A good analysis of Apple: capture the news cycle with your whiz bang thingie, and then forget about it. I kind of don't agree there. Apple really only officially announces, demos and talks about products they have to sell you right now. About the only vaporware I can remember from them in the last decade was that stupid dual charging puck thing they just quietly walked back from. The only released & quietly abandoned product in recent memory would be the iPod Hi-Fi dock boombox thing. So when Apple announces something I'm 99% confident it will make it will be released within days/weeks. And when it is released, I'm 95% confident the product line will exist in 5 years. Google, for me, those numbers are like 70% & 20%. Which is why I rarely waste my time to look at anything new from them. Odds are its either not something I need, or if I need it.. won't be long for this world, so why bother. I think they clearly feed rumors to journalists about stuff that is further back in the development pipeline, to the point that the conspirational minded might think its to throw off competitor from the right course..

steveBK123 4y ago

I think in some ways its the scale of the problems Google X / Other Bets / Alphabet went after being rather hyperbolic. Apple / Microsoft just take what they are good at to move into adjacent spaces in consumer/office tech. Apple has made some failed forays into corporate while Microsoft has not done terrible well in consumer other than gaming and maintaining their existing Windows base. I wonder if Apple leaks about stupid stuff we never see like their car and their AR is just to put other less well disciplined firms onto the trail of expensive dead ends. If you think of automakers and their "concept car" approach in which they present beautiful improbable vehicles they never ship.. Apple seems to LEAK "concept cars" they never ever preview, while Google goes all-in trying to actually ship a "concept car" no one wants, like Google glass. Apple is the result of judicious application of the word "no". Google looks like a lot of "yes" with weak knees that quickly turn into "no". I still don't understand what Google's strategy is in almost any space - messaging, social, home automation, audio, AR/VR, other than "yes... actually, no".

AlbertCory 4y ago
A good analysis of Apple: capture the news cycle with your whiz bang thingie, and then forget about it. > I still don't understand what Google's strategy is in almost any space Not just you. The "strategy" is "ambitious product manager creates a new 'vision', sells it, gets promoted, then quickly moves on to something else."
- steveBK123 4y ago
  > A good analysis of Apple: capture the news cycle with your whiz bang thingie, and then forget about it. I kind of don't agree there. Apple really only officially announces, demos and talks about products they have to sell you right now. About the only vaporware I can remember from them in the last decade was that stupid dual charging puck thing they just quietly walked back from. The only released & quietly abandoned product in recent memory would be the iPod Hi-Fi dock boombox thing. So when Apple announces something I'm 99% confident it will make it will be released within days/weeks. And when it is released, I'm 95% confident the product line will exist in 5 years. Google, for me, those numbers are like 70% & 20%. Which is why I rarely waste my time to look at anything new from them. Odds are its either not something I need, or if I need it.. won't be long for this world, so why bother. I think they clearly feed rumors to journalists about stuff that is further back in the development pipeline, to the point that the conspirational minded might think its to throw off competitor from the right course..