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Re:Google Brass Set 2023 as Deadline to Beat Amazon, Microso... by itronitron on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @06:32AM (#21823867)
I think Google needs to explicitly spin out a Google Product company that is customer focused and develops/maintains/supports platforms and applications. It would be distinct from Search and Ads and would instead sell them (and other customers) access to Google data centers and GCP.
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Re:Google Brass Set 2023 as Deadline to Beat Amazon, Microso... by rhizome on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @07:05PM (#21830813)
I think Google needs to explicitly spin out a Google Product company that is customer focused and develops/maintains/supports platforms and applications.

Honestly, and I'm more of a Google side-eyer than a hater, but I'm not sure they're capable of this, it's just not in their DNA. I've been saying "Google is bad at product" for a long time, like a "high PR" long time, and this mindset has been greeted with continual killoffs and usability stumbles (current Android is kind of a mess UI-wise, e.g.).

I simply don't think they're capable of putting a division together that could be relied upon. Heck, Alphabet might simply kill that off after a few years!

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