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Does this represent a viable Google service, or is it just another perk for those living in San Frangoogle to be subsidized by the electronic serfs that are Goo

by gnu8 13y ago

Does this represent a viable Google service, or is it just another perk for those living in San Frangoogle to be subsidized by the electronic serfs that are Google's users?

cromwellian 13y ago
It extends to the entire peninsula not just SF. Obviously, scaling something like this nation wide is a major undertaking, so it will take time. I don't get the dig against Google's users. Why must every HN comment on Google these days be accompanies by some snark.
- melange 13y ago
  Because for years Google received unalloyed adoration from the tech community because they presented themselves as a genuinely better kind of company, but now that have shown themselves to be just another corporation that will say or do anything for profit, people are cynical about them.
  - cromwellian 13y ago
    Even if that were even remotely true, it's still no excuse for the constant non-sequiturs.
dannyr 13y ago
Geez. So much hate. If it's not viable, why do you think Google is expanding it after testing it for months?
- bsullivan01 13y ago
  If it's not viable, why do you think Google is expanding it after testing it for months? Expanding to where exactly? Nationwide? Nope, a very small and high density area. Google's loses are limited. Don't take it a snark, but this is not Google's main line of business at all and quite a few companies have gone under doing just this. Google can afford to lose a certain amount but expect this to end when Google's growth is slowed and spending cuts need to be made. If you pay the same prices as in store, the money has to come out of somewhere and labor to deliver same isn't that cheap.
  - dougmccune 13y ago
    expect this to end when Google's growth is slowed and spending cuts need to be made At which point I resume actually walking to the store. I can live with that risk.
    - bsullivan01 13y ago
      True, but I responded to a different comment. In essence the person I replied too was tired of people wondering if Google will stick this long term, considering their gazillion projects.

by gnu8 13y ago

Does this represent a viable Google service, or is it just another perk for those living in San Frangoogle to be subsidized by the electronic serfs that are Google's users?

cromwellian 13y ago

It extends to the entire peninsula not just SF. Obviously, scaling something like this nation wide is a major undertaking, so it will take time. I don't get the dig against Google's users. Why must every HN comment on Google these days be accompanies by some snark.

melange 13y ago
Because for years Google received unalloyed adoration from the tech community because they presented themselves as a genuinely better kind of company, but now that have shown themselves to be just another corporation that will say or do anything for profit, people are cynical about them.
- cromwellian 13y ago
  Even if that were even remotely true, it's still no excuse for the constant non-sequiturs.

dannyr 13y ago

Geez. So much hate. If it's not viable, why do you think Google is expanding it after testing it for months?

bsullivan01 13y ago
If it's not viable, why do you think Google is expanding it after testing it for months? Expanding to where exactly? Nationwide? Nope, a very small and high density area. Google's loses are limited. Don't take it a snark, but this is not Google's main line of business at all and quite a few companies have gone under doing just this. Google can afford to lose a certain amount but expect this to end when Google's growth is slowed and spending cuts need to be made. If you pay the same prices as in store, the money has to come out of somewhere and labor to deliver same isn't that cheap.
- dougmccune 13y ago
  expect this to end when Google's growth is slowed and spending cuts need to be made At which point I resume actually walking to the store. I can live with that risk.
  - bsullivan01 13y ago
    True, but I responded to a different comment. In essence the person I replied too was tired of people wondering if Google will stick this long term, considering their gazillion projects.