▲ 195 ▼ Google threatened tech influencers unless they ‘preferred’ the Pixel (www.theverge.com) submitted 2 years ago by jeffw@lemmy.world [M] to c/news@lemmy.world 16 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] DmMacniel@feddit.org 74 points 2 years ago (1 child) Google really wants to be broken up, huh? permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 23 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) When they juat focused on cool tech for the sake of tech they were great ( and the Don't be evil mantra). now it is just shareholder profit driven, and they kill stuff when numbers aren't constant growth permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] leisesprecher@feddit.org 28 points 2 years ago (1 child) They killed stuff before. Google's downfall seems to be this weird promotion culture where you only get attention by launching new products. That's why they keep introducing half assed messengers. Nobody gets anything from maintaining a successful product. That combined with myopic shareholder value management gives us the corporate equivalent of a 12 year old kid with ADHD and a bad tamper. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) They killed stuff before when it failed. Now it's just fucking weird. They're killing the Chromecast. Why? I have no clue. It has decent sales. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] leisesprecher@feddit.org 13 points 2 years ago Google Reader didn't fail. And they killed it for no reason. Chromecasts are probably simply not profitable enough. The device class is served by cheaper sticks and given the absurd salaries and profit expectations of these firms, it's probably not "worth it". permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 23 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) When they juat focused on cool tech for the sake of tech they were great ( and the Don't be evil mantra). now it is just shareholder profit driven, and they kill stuff when numbers aren't constant growth permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] leisesprecher@feddit.org 28 points 2 years ago (1 child) They killed stuff before. Google's downfall seems to be this weird promotion culture where you only get attention by launching new products. That's why they keep introducing half assed messengers. Nobody gets anything from maintaining a successful product. That combined with myopic shareholder value management gives us the corporate equivalent of a 12 year old kid with ADHD and a bad tamper. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) They killed stuff before when it failed. Now it's just fucking weird. They're killing the Chromecast. Why? I have no clue. It has decent sales. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] leisesprecher@feddit.org 13 points 2 years ago Google Reader didn't fail. And they killed it for no reason. Chromecasts are probably simply not profitable enough. The device class is served by cheaper sticks and given the absurd salaries and profit expectations of these firms, it's probably not "worth it". permalink fedilink source parent
[–] leisesprecher@feddit.org 28 points 2 years ago (1 child) They killed stuff before. Google's downfall seems to be this weird promotion culture where you only get attention by launching new products. That's why they keep introducing half assed messengers. Nobody gets anything from maintaining a successful product. That combined with myopic shareholder value management gives us the corporate equivalent of a 12 year old kid with ADHD and a bad tamper. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) They killed stuff before when it failed. Now it's just fucking weird. They're killing the Chromecast. Why? I have no clue. It has decent sales. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] leisesprecher@feddit.org 13 points 2 years ago Google Reader didn't fail. And they killed it for no reason. Chromecasts are probably simply not profitable enough. The device class is served by cheaper sticks and given the absurd salaries and profit expectations of these firms, it's probably not "worth it". permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) They killed stuff before when it failed. Now it's just fucking weird. They're killing the Chromecast. Why? I have no clue. It has decent sales. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] leisesprecher@feddit.org 13 points 2 years ago Google Reader didn't fail. And they killed it for no reason. Chromecasts are probably simply not profitable enough. The device class is served by cheaper sticks and given the absurd salaries and profit expectations of these firms, it's probably not "worth it". permalink fedilink source parent
[–] leisesprecher@feddit.org 13 points 2 years ago Google Reader didn't fail. And they killed it for no reason. Chromecasts are probably simply not profitable enough. The device class is served by cheaper sticks and given the absurd salaries and profit expectations of these firms, it's probably not "worth it". permalink fedilink source parent