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Sarcasm aside? I think the case could be made that those products have grown in public perception, but also suffered at the same time very definitely because of
by 27182818284 13y ago
Sarcasm aside? I think the case could be made that those products have grown in public perception, but also suffered at the same time very definitely because of Google influence. Take the second comment ever by one of the YouTube founders? https://www.youtube.com/user/jawed/ https://www.youtube.com/user/jawed/ for a quick example
- arikrak 13y agoOne can object to Google's Plussification of everything, but it's not like the quality of Youtube comments have been harmed. (In fact these XKCD comics may be obsolete now: https://www.google.com/search?q=youtube+comments+site%3Axkcd.com https://www.google.com/search?q=youtube+comments+site%3Axkcd... ) And Youtube overall has done quite well. Android would have gone nowhere without being acquired, since OEMs and carriers wouldn't talk to such a small company.
- 27182818284 13y agoYes it gives you traction, when otherwise people might not have heard of you, but you also lose your identity more than ever. In the past when Google acquired something it was like "Yay! Google!" now it is like "Yay that company! And sorry." Actually the top comment in this thread nailed my immediate feelings pretty well. (