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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: 3, Touché) by TheGratefulNet on Thursday April 04 2019, @02:35AM (1 child)
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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