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It's not invalid to ask whether companies are making real, strategic and well-thought moves or just jumping on a bandwagon. Many of us have worked for long-sta
by jzb 4y ago
It's not invalid to ask whether companies are making real, strategic and well-thought moves or just jumping on a bandwagon.
Many of us have worked for long-standing public companies with thousands of employees that have embarked on product strategies that were not particularly valid.
Facebook comes to mind, for example, and its Metaverse boondoggle. Or Google and half a dozen things. Evernote, though it's not a public company, also comes to mind...
Did anybody need "insider knowledge" to know Google's Stadia was DOA? For that matter, Dropbox has tried pivoting to mail and apps (Carousel + Mailbox) in the past, and I don't know whether insider knowledge was needed to predict that failure.
I can imagine use cases for AI + Dropbox. Whether they are urgent use cases where customers see a real problem they're willing to throw money at is another question entirely.