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Re:Google Kills Cloud Print by remus on Friday November 22, 2019 @12:49PM (#21607992)
> This is very unsexy, toil-y and you don't get promoted for it - and as such barely anyone wants to do it at Google.

I don't think this is google specific. Keeping a dead product on life support is going to get boring for most people after a while.

Re:Google Kills Cloud Print by scarface74 on Friday November 22, 2019 @07:28PM (#21611532)
It’s a feature not a product. Not everything has to be about profit and loss if it’s part of a larger ecosystem. Google Cloud Print was a feature of Android as well as other parts of Google’s ecosystem just like AirPrint is a feature of iOS/MacOS.

But Google has always been piss poor at managing an ecosystem. Just look at the state of Android updates.

Re:Google Kills Cloud Print by asdff on Friday November 22, 2019 @02:42PM (#21609254)
There is an infinite supply of cheap intern labor at every college in the U.S. chomping at the bit to mop the floor at google hq.
Re:Google Kills Cloud Print by dredmorbius on Friday November 22, 2019 @07:04PM (#21611397)
Re:Google Kills Cloud Print by bernierocks on Friday November 22, 2019 @07:22PM (#21611498)
Did you read your own link? Chomping at the bit has the same meaning.
Re:Google Kills Cloud Print by dredmorbius on Friday November 22, 2019 @08:05PM (#21611695)
"Still, if you’re writing for school or for readers who are versed in English, champing at the bit is probably the safer choice."
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Re:Google Kills Cloud Print by dredmorbius on Friday November 22, 2019 @09:06PM (#21611948)
Neither productive, insightful, nor accurate, just FYI.