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Disappointing article. I wanted something deeper but it's basically just a puff piece that ends with a shrug: sometimes adding features is good! Sometimes it's
by crabmusket 2y ago
Disappointing article. I wanted something deeper but it's basically just a puff piece that ends with a shrug: sometimes adding features is good! Sometimes it's not!
Also to say Google is an example of this trend and only talk about the SERP is a bit blinkered. Not going to mention Shopping, Scholar, Books, not to mention entirely separate products like Gmail, Maps, etc.?
To me this is just "capitalism gonna capitalism". Why would a company not want to become larger by serving more users and more use cases? Growth is the goal, and "sticking to your core audience" isn't the way to get it.
- bytmo 2y agoApologies for the article being disappointing. Yeah don't know how I didn't go into Googles insane monopoly on software to be honest. The bit I wrote was something that just popped into my head at the end, but expanding on that would be good. I think the growth does work for big companies with endless capital, it just seems to make things a bit disjointed, requires a lot of work, time, processes and keeps everyone creatively restricted. Perhaps I need to do am edit on this one. Appreciate the feedback though!