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A comment on Verizon/Yahoo Blocking Attempts to Archive Yahoo Groups – Deletion: Dec. 14. Parent comment

Re:Verizon/Yahoo Blocking Attempts to Archive Yahoo Groups –... by jacquesm on Monday December 09, 2019 @10:22AM (#21743355)
If Google ever wonders why their newer ideas failed to gain traction they should read your comment.

For every early adopter pissed off there will be a hundred or more people that never make it to your new and shiny project. So piss off enough early adopters and whatever you launch will be a dud.

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Re:Verizon/Yahoo Blocking Attempts to Archive Yahoo Groups –... by dredmorbius on Tuesday December 10, 2019 @03:52AM (#21750806)
Bingo.

Either Google have done the maths and determined they no longer rely on early adopters ...

... or they haven't, and are badly deluded.

Given the response I've noted to many Google announcements since ~2013 or so, I'm suspecting the latter. It's pretty strongly hostile.

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