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Re:Google Brass Set 2023 as Deadline to Beat Amazon, Microso... by londons_explore on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @05:48PM (#21819809)
Google could fix this credibility problem in a single step by simply saying "We won't materially change documented functionality of services A, B, or C in the next 5 years. Upon breach of this promise, we will pay any affected user $10M".

If they did that, I'd trust them. If they breached my trust, I'd get a cool $10M. They wouldn't shutdown the service because of the extreme financial disincentive to do so.

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Re:Google Brass Set 2023 as Deadline to Beat Amazon, Microso... by servercobra on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @06:06PM (#21819953)
That opens them up to a ton of liability (what if something unforeseen happens), for very little gain. I can't imagine any company doing something like that.
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Re:Google Brass Set 2023 as Deadline to Beat Amazon, Microso... by jacquesm on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @06:20PM (#21820080)
Then maybe don't be in the infrastructure business?
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Re:Google Brass Set 2023 as Deadline to Beat Amazon, Microso... by rhizome on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @07:29PM (#21820629)
Really. Google seems like a corporate incarnation of Engineer's Disease.
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Re:Google Brass Set 2023 as Deadline to Beat Amazon, Microso... by jacques_chester on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @06:48PM (#21820325)
There are lawyers for covering the obvious foreseeables. For the rest, there are more lawyers.

Providing credible hostages is a good way to build trust. Such a promise would be fairly credible if drafted properly.

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Re:Google Brass Set 2023 as Deadline to Beat Amazon, Microso... by londons_explore on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @06:20PM (#21820082)
The gain is hundreds of millions of dollars of new business that they are currently losing to competitors who don't have a reputation for dropping services.
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Re:Google Brass Set 2023 as Deadline to Beat Amazon, Microso... by cglace on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @06:44PM (#21820291)
You just gave the potential upside without highlighting the very real downsides.
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