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It's remarkable how little economics has to say about Google, their motivations, and outcomes. There's nothing wrong with trying to fit new information into exi
by mwsherman 14y ago
It's remarkable how little economics has to say about Google, their motivations, and outcomes. There's nothing wrong with trying to fit new information into existing models, but think of it this way: if you were a fly on the wall for Goog's decision on Reader, would it bear any similarity to this model?
- spinchange 14y agoWhat is the alternative explanation? Reader evidently needed a very non-trivial amount of resources to maintain and didn't have anywhere near the amount of users to justify it. I lament that they couldn't keep it going, but even the guy who started the project inside Google said he and people working on it felt like its days were numbered from the outset.