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Android

majormajor 4y ago
That's an example of what the poster you're replying to is saying: Android shipped in the 2000s before Google Plus.
acdha 4y ago
Work started in the mid-2000s, announced publicly in 2007, and the first device launched in 2008. Google Plus launched in 2011. I don’t think it’s just a coincidence that 2008 is also when they bought Double Click.
vb-8448 4y ago
Gmail, Drive, Docs ...
- mikymoothrowa 4y ago
  All late 2000s stuff before their endless rebrandings
zirgs 4y ago
Android was released in 2008. So yeah - what have they released after that? Stadia had potential, but google killed it. What else?
- flatiron 4y ago
  i personally loved stadia. as a linux guy i got to play AAA games, got a sweet controller, all for free! thanks google! seriously though they have just been building their base while also trying to grow. they do have a bit of a short attention span regarding growing though. if you don't catch on like gmail yer gone.
  - zirgs 4y ago
    They totally ignored the experience of other gaming platform holders. It took a generation for xbox to "catch on". It really took off only in x360 era and later. Imagine if the xbox was killed off in 2004. Stadia was shut down after 3 years and first party devs were laid off even earlier. That's completely insane - it takes years to develop proper AAA games. Just look what SONY first party studios are doing. Imagine if Naughty Dog was dissolved after 3 years. The Wii U was weak, but Nintendo didn't leave gamedev business. They learned from their mistakes and the Switch became a huge success. PSNow streaming service is still running just fine and SONY doesn't plan to shut it down. So game streaming business model is certainly viable. It seems like that Google didn't even try to make Stadia a success.
- acdha 4y ago
  Chromecast in 2011 was great but also one of those things they did but seem to have stalled in “how do I get promoted again?” limbo.
  - techdragon 4y ago
    Counterpoint to “chromecast as successful product”, I’ve been given/gifted in promotional stuff… more physical chromecast dongle/devices… than the number of times I’ve ever used a chromecast. I use Apple and iOS devices because I have to do iOS development for work… I use Linux and Windows where they make sense and I live a cross platform lifestyle… but I think I’ve actively used a chromecast once in my entire life, because it’s never been better than plugging my own shit into a hdmi port with a cable from my bag… Whats the point beyond TVs that aren’t smart? (Mine isn’t smart… but I’ve got an Apple TV as a dev device for testing.) Is there a point beyond that? I’m genuinely curious as someone that’s given away literally a dozen chromecast dongles because I give zero fucks about the Google ecosystem of lock in garbage that might be abandoned tomorrow… oh and fuck attaching physical spyware dongles to my home network… cannot emphasise that enough.

Android

That's an example of what the poster you're replying to is saying: Android shipped in the 2000s before Google Plus.

Work started in the mid-2000s, announced publicly in 2007, and the first device launched in 2008. Google Plus launched in 2011. I don’t think it’s just a coincidence that 2008 is also when they bought Double Click.

vb-8448 4y ago

Gmail, Drive, Docs ...

mikymoothrowa 4y ago
All late 2000s stuff before their endless rebrandings

zirgs 4y ago

Android was released in 2008. So yeah - what have they released after that? Stadia had potential, but google killed it. What else?

flatiron 4y ago
i personally loved stadia. as a linux guy i got to play AAA games, got a sweet controller, all for free! thanks google! seriously though they have just been building their base while also trying to grow. they do have a bit of a short attention span regarding growing though. if you don't catch on like gmail yer gone.
- zirgs 4y ago
  They totally ignored the experience of other gaming platform holders. It took a generation for xbox to "catch on". It really took off only in x360 era and later. Imagine if the xbox was killed off in 2004. Stadia was shut down after 3 years and first party devs were laid off even earlier. That's completely insane - it takes years to develop proper AAA games. Just look what SONY first party studios are doing. Imagine if Naughty Dog was dissolved after 3 years. The Wii U was weak, but Nintendo didn't leave gamedev business. They learned from their mistakes and the Switch became a huge success. PSNow streaming service is still running just fine and SONY doesn't plan to shut it down. So game streaming business model is certainly viable. It seems like that Google didn't even try to make Stadia a success.
acdha 4y ago
Chromecast in 2011 was great but also one of those things they did but seem to have stalled in “how do I get promoted again?” limbo.
- techdragon 4y ago
  Counterpoint to “chromecast as successful product”, I’ve been given/gifted in promotional stuff… more physical chromecast dongle/devices… than the number of times I’ve ever used a chromecast. I use Apple and iOS devices because I have to do iOS development for work… I use Linux and Windows where they make sense and I live a cross platform lifestyle… but I think I’ve actively used a chromecast once in my entire life, because it’s never been better than plugging my own shit into a hdmi port with a cable from my bag… Whats the point beyond TVs that aren’t smart? (Mine isn’t smart… but I’ve got an Apple TV as a dev device for testing.) Is there a point beyond that? I’m genuinely curious as someone that’s given away literally a dozen chromecast dongles because I give zero fucks about the Google ecosystem of lock in garbage that might be abandoned tomorrow… oh and fuck attaching physical spyware dongles to my home network… cannot emphasise that enough.