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Google's constant product shutdowns are damaging its brand
We are 91 days into the year, and so far, Google is racking up an unprecedented body count. If we just take the official shutdown dates that have already occurred in 2019, a Google-branded product, feature, or service has died, on average, about every nine days.
Some of these product shutdowns have transition plans, and some of them (like Google+) represent Google completely abandoning a user base. The specifics aren't crucial, though. What matters is that every single one of these actions has a negative consequence for Google's brand, and the near-constant stream of shutdown announcements makes Google seem more unstable and untrustworthy than it has ever been. Yes, there was the one time Google killed Google Wave nine years ago or when it took Google Reader away six years ago, but things were never this bad.
For a while there has been a subset of people concerned about Google's privacy and antitrust issues, but now Google is eroding trust that its existing customers have in the company. That's a huge problem. Google has significantly harmed its brand over the last few months, and I'm not even sure the company realizes it.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 03 2019, @08:40PM (6 children)
Geez Louise!
Is there anything in the universe that doesn't go politically left/right with you?
Where do the left and right fall on these?
Yellow mustard vs. dijon vs brown?
Boxers vs. briefs?
chocolate vs. strawberry ice cream?
Gas giants vs. rocky planets?
emacs vs. vi vs. nano?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 03 2019, @09:01PM
There is no major 3rd party, your questions are flawed!
(Score: 1) by DECbot on Wednesday April 03 2019, @09:05PM (2 children)
What is wrong with you? There is no legitimate third party.
Dijon gets lumped into the brown category.
People who prefer nano are nutters. Emacs and vi are the only editors available if you want any real document editor representation.
cats~$ sudo chown -R us /home/base
(Score: 3, Touché) by TheGratefulNet on Thursday April 04 2019, @02:35AM (1 child)
Emacs and vi are the only editors available if you want any real document editor representation
what???
no EDT? SOS?? TECO???
some DECbot you are. harumph.
"It is now safe to switch off your computer."
(Score: 1) by DECbot on Thursday April 04 2019, @02:43AM
Just like the Whigs, those lost to the holy editor flame war long ago.
cats~$ sudo chown -R us /home/base
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 03 2019, @10:12PM
Of course it can be taken too far, but we are talking about Google. Remember, that company that ousted a sperg employee for thought crime, amidst a chorus of "fuck you"s on the internal messaging systems, including from managers.
(Score: 1) by RandomFactor on Wednesday April 03 2019, @11:10PM
False dichotomy.
В «Правде» нет известий, в «Известиях» нет правды