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Google doesn't make these decisions. Some local Directors do when they decide to defund something. Individually each choice might make sense, but in aggregate,
by surajrmal 3y ago
Google doesn't make these decisions. Some local Directors do when they decide to defund something. Individually each choice might make sense, but in aggregate, maybe not so much. People like to think of big companies as a mobolith, but Google is more like a country full of SMBs and a few bigger ones. The big ones are stable, but SMBs go bust all the time.
- ryukoposting 3y agoAre those local directors not making those decisions in their professional capacity as a Google employee? Saying "well on the inside it's more like a bunch of little businesses" is missing the point. It has Google's reach, Google's user base, and integration with the Gmail accounts that billions of people use every day. It's a Google product, after all, and those have a long and illustrious history of being really good until they get gunned down for no stated reason. On a related note, I found my Daydream VR headset the other day. It does, in fact, say "Google" on the box, not "Jim Smith, Manager at Google."