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This happens a lot, before using any service by Google I tend to ask myself, twice, "if they shut this down, which they might very well do, what is my backup pl
by jackreichert 12y ago
This happens a lot, before using any service by Google I tend to ask myself, twice, "if they shut this down, which they might very well do, what is my backup plan?" Honestly, it's hard to make a good case to rely on them for much outside of their core products.
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- toomuchtodo 12y agoI did a focus group hangout with a Google staff member many months ago, and under the NDA I signed, and I can't discuss which product it was for. Most importantly, the staff member asked me what's stopping me from using their service over a competitor's service. I replied, "I know they'll still be supporting/providing the service 1-2 years from now".
- emehrkay 12y agoHow scary is the "Google could easily enter that market" line now-a-days?
- toomuchtodo 12y agoI think in B2C markets, its definitely a fear. Witness how many people use Gmail because its free. But B2B products? I'd have no fear of Google coming into my market. I'd be more worried if it was Amazon, Apple, or Facebook to a lesser extent.
- mattmanser 12y agoBe fair, I started using Gmail all those years ago because it was awesome. And although it's stagnated and they're about to fuck up the desktop UI by "Materializing" it, it's still pretty good.
- CamperBob2 12y agoIn general, nobody should be scared of such an eventuality. If large companies didn't have massive, major handicaps by their very nature, there would be no small companies.
- higherpurpose 12y agoNot like you had anything to lose from this closing down.
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