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I've raised this question several times, but it bears repeating: What's Google's rationale behind this decision? Domain management appears to be a crucial comp

by tlogan 3y ago

I've raised this question several times, but it bears repeating: What's Google's rationale behind this decision? Domain management appears to be a crucial component of a comprehensive cloud solution. It may serve as a loss leader, but it's undeniably an effective entry point for both Google Workspace and Google Cloud. After all, competitors like AWS and Cloudflare offer this service.

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thomasrognon 3y ago
GCP still has domain management via Cloud DNS. That isn't going away. This is just domain registration. I say this as someone who uses Google Domains and GCP and is upset at this decision.
- surajrmal 3y ago
  GCP is still retaining domain registration as well. The backing registrar is changing, but the Google Cloud Domains product is unaffected otherwise.
prepend 3y ago
I think it’s because GCP isn’t profitable and so they don’t want a loss leader for a product line that isn’t competitive with their other internal products. Typically you don’t want loss leaders for things that aren’t strategic or very profitable. Google is not a cloud company. So this is probably just reallocating resources toward more important things. I bet if domains was a loss leader to AdWords it would stick around.
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- paganel 3y ago
  > Typically you don’t want loss leaders for things that aren’t strategic or very profitable. So does that mean that GCP itself is on the chopping block? I seem to remember a similar discussion regarding its future was in the air about 2-3 years ago.
  - prepend 3y ago
    I thought they would cut it years ago, but it’s sticking around. It’s still a distant 3rd place, but it used to be fourth and seems to have doubled from 5-10% in the last 5 years. [0] [0] https://techcrunch.com/2023/02/06/even-as-cloud-infrastructure-market-growth-slows-microsoft-continues-to-gain-on-amazon/ https://techcrunch.com/2023/02/06/even-as-cloud-infrastructu...
- jsnell 3y ago
  Google Cloud reported profits in the last two quarters, and seems to be the thing they have been reallocating resources to this year, not from. I think the reality is just that Google Domains was not (and never had been) a product of the Cloud organization and was not subject to their decision making process. But obviously that's not how anybody outside the company would have viewed it; they don't know the internal org charts nor care about them.
  - tlogan 3y ago
    I think this is the best and the most logical explanation.
bananapub 3y ago
I would wager "focus" and symbolic headcount reduction.

by tlogan 3y ago

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thomasrognon 3y ago

GCP still has domain management via Cloud DNS. That isn't going away. This is just domain registration. I say this as someone who uses Google Domains and GCP and is upset at this decision.

surajrmal 3y ago
GCP is still retaining domain registration as well. The backing registrar is changing, but the Google Cloud Domains product is unaffected otherwise.

prepend 3y ago

I think it’s because GCP isn’t profitable and so they don’t want a loss leader for a product line that isn’t competitive with their other internal products. Typically you don’t want loss leaders for things that aren’t strategic or very profitable. Google is not a cloud company. So this is probably just reallocating resources toward more important things. I bet if domains was a loss leader to AdWords it would stick around.

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paganel 3y ago
> Typically you don’t want loss leaders for things that aren’t strategic or very profitable. So does that mean that GCP itself is on the chopping block? I seem to remember a similar discussion regarding its future was in the air about 2-3 years ago.
- prepend 3y ago
  I thought they would cut it years ago, but it’s sticking around. It’s still a distant 3rd place, but it used to be fourth and seems to have doubled from 5-10% in the last 5 years. [0] [0] https://techcrunch.com/2023/02/06/even-as-cloud-infrastructure-market-growth-slows-microsoft-continues-to-gain-on-amazon/ https://techcrunch.com/2023/02/06/even-as-cloud-infrastructu...
jsnell 3y ago
Google Cloud reported profits in the last two quarters, and seems to be the thing they have been reallocating resources to this year, not from. I think the reality is just that Google Domains was not (and never had been) a product of the Cloud organization and was not subject to their decision making process. But obviously that's not how anybody outside the company would have viewed it; they don't know the internal org charts nor care about them.
- tlogan 3y ago
  I think this is the best and the most logical explanation.

bananapub 3y ago

I would wager "focus" and symbolic headcount reduction.