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Google themselves? Given the popularity of the YouTube they should have won a decade ago, but they have not. The inefficiency of Google always amazes me.

chewz 3y ago
> The inefficiency of Google always amazes me. It's the kind of people they attract. IBM types...
FirmwareBurner 3y ago
>The inefficiency of Google always amazes me. As long as they have the cheat code for unlimited free money(ads) they can be as inefficient as they want.
kevinmchugh 3y ago
About a decade ago they had Google Music. A friend of mine really liked it. He was supposed to have a for-life price of $7/month (or something) and then they raised prices and failed to grandfather his price in. Being Google, there was no way for him to complain about this to them, so he cancelled and used a product he liked less, out of spite. At some point they launched a duplicative product, YouTube Music, which they later migrated all customers to. So you know, the standard Google experience.
- FirmwareBurner 3y ago
  >He was supposed to have a for-life price of $7/month At this point, consumers should know that "for life price" is a scam to get gullible customers through the door and gain market share or collect user data. Just like with a Ponzi scheme, consumers should realize by now why such pricing is not sustainable long term due to inflation and other costs, and either the business will crash or they'll have to inevitably backtrack on that promise and raise prices to stay afloat. You can't have your cake and eat it too. No excusing Google of this scam, but they only did what every other company with these kind of hollow promises did. I vividly remember Cerberus on Android was selling one time licenses for life, only for them to backtrack on that years later and switch everyone to their subscription instead, publishing a letter along the lines of "sorry, we know it sucks, but the lifetime licenses we sold you are unsustainable financially for us, so we'll switch you to subscription UwU." Same with Google's unlimited Photo storage.
  - kevinmchugh 3y ago
    My recollection is that others retained that price, it was a bug or oversight that caused him specifically to have the price increased. I'm sure when they migrated users to YouTube Music they got rid of the special deal.
    - htrp 3y ago
      It's almost always for the lifetime of the product?

chewz 3y ago

> The inefficiency of Google always amazes me. It's the kind of people they attract. IBM types...

FirmwareBurner 3y ago

>The inefficiency of Google always amazes me. As long as they have the cheat code for unlimited free money(ads) they can be as inefficient as they want.

kevinmchugh 3y ago

About a decade ago they had Google Music. A friend of mine really liked it. He was supposed to have a for-life price of $7/month (or something) and then they raised prices and failed to grandfather his price in. Being Google, there was no way for him to complain about this to them, so he cancelled and used a product he liked less, out of spite. At some point they launched a duplicative product, YouTube Music, which they later migrated all customers to. So you know, the standard Google experience.

FirmwareBurner 3y ago
>He was supposed to have a for-life price of $7/month At this point, consumers should know that "for life price" is a scam to get gullible customers through the door and gain market share or collect user data. Just like with a Ponzi scheme, consumers should realize by now why such pricing is not sustainable long term due to inflation and other costs, and either the business will crash or they'll have to inevitably backtrack on that promise and raise prices to stay afloat. You can't have your cake and eat it too. No excusing Google of this scam, but they only did what every other company with these kind of hollow promises did. I vividly remember Cerberus on Android was selling one time licenses for life, only for them to backtrack on that years later and switch everyone to their subscription instead, publishing a letter along the lines of "sorry, we know it sucks, but the lifetime licenses we sold you are unsustainable financially for us, so we'll switch you to subscription UwU." Same with Google's unlimited Photo storage.
- kevinmchugh 3y ago
  My recollection is that others retained that price, it was a bug or oversight that caused him specifically to have the price increased. I'm sure when they migrated users to YouTube Music they got rid of the special deal.
  - htrp 3y ago
    It's almost always for the lifetime of the product?