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What category has Google really succeeded in since the initial era of gmail/Android/chrome? I can't think of any recent successes off the top of my head.

EVyesnoyesnoyes 2y ago
'really succeeded' sounds super crazy dismissive. Besides android being gigantic huge, you still have google maps, chrome, gmail, pixel phones, passkey, yubikeypush/2fa, the new cookie aproach, YouTube!!1 etc. Why would Google need a 'recent' success to be able to win ar snail?
- gryn 2y ago
  the point is probably about whether google still has the ability to go from 0 to 1. instead of 1 to n. from the outside they look like they are not so slowing becoming the bean counting accountant / MBA type of company.
vineyardmike 2y ago
What a weird framing? You say this as if gmail, android and chrome are all dead now. They’re still being used and improved. Even if they didn’t enter new “categories” they’re still in a lot of existing ones and very popular -like hundreds of million of users- even if alternatives exist. First of all, Google Search has maintained dominance and relevance for decades. That’s no easy feat. They have news, patents, books, LLMs all added into it. Google has a hugely popular cloud service. Especially if you include Google Workspace. Obviously YouTube is huge and regularly gets new features. There is a YouTube app for almost every piece of hardware with a screen. They have a pretty impressive mapping product suite. Everything from Google maps to Google earth and all their GIS products and tools (eg solar panels location SaaS). The play store is huge. AND They have a huge variety of extremely popular consumer apps like Photos, Music, Home, etc.
- notRobot 2y ago
  I meant that it felt like they haven't had any massive successes with any recent launches.
kernal 2y ago
The most recent success: >YouTube TV has piloted past a new milestone: The internet pay-TV service now has more than 8 million subscribers, according to the video giant. That means YouTube TV, available only in the U.S. starting at $72.99 per month, is far and away the biggest internet-streaming subscription TV service in the country. -Feb 6, 2024

EVyesnoyesnoyes 2y ago

'really succeeded' sounds super crazy dismissive. Besides android being gigantic huge, you still have google maps, chrome, gmail, pixel phones, passkey, yubikeypush/2fa, the new cookie aproach, YouTube!!1 etc. Why would Google need a 'recent' success to be able to win ar snail?

gryn 2y ago
the point is probably about whether google still has the ability to go from 0 to 1. instead of 1 to n. from the outside they look like they are not so slowing becoming the bean counting accountant / MBA type of company.

vineyardmike 2y ago

What a weird framing? You say this as if gmail, android and chrome are all dead now. They’re still being used and improved. Even if they didn’t enter new “categories” they’re still in a lot of existing ones and very popular -like hundreds of million of users- even if alternatives exist. First of all, Google Search has maintained dominance and relevance for decades. That’s no easy feat. They have news, patents, books, LLMs all added into it. Google has a hugely popular cloud service. Especially if you include Google Workspace. Obviously YouTube is huge and regularly gets new features. There is a YouTube app for almost every piece of hardware with a screen. They have a pretty impressive mapping product suite. Everything from Google maps to Google earth and all their GIS products and tools (eg solar panels location SaaS). The play store is huge. AND They have a huge variety of extremely popular consumer apps like Photos, Music, Home, etc.

notRobot 2y ago
I meant that it felt like they haven't had any massive successes with any recent launches.

kernal 2y ago

The most recent success: >YouTube TV has piloted past a new milestone: The internet pay-TV service now has more than 8 million subscribers, according to the video giant. That means YouTube TV, available only in the U.S. starting at $72.99 per month, is far and away the biggest internet-streaming subscription TV service in the country. -Feb 6, 2024