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Re:The Google incentive mismatch: Problems with promotion-or... by esprehn on Wednesday May 04, 2022 @01:15PM (#31263275)
> why would a company do that?

Or maybe it's because the company is always looking for the runaway 10X success story (like search, ads, etc). Incremental growth doesn't make a dent in the balance sheet. So they're always shutting down the products that didn't explode into a success and starting new ones to roll the dice.

Re:The Google incentive mismatch: Problems with promotion-or... by dogleash on Wednesday May 04, 2022 @01:57PM (#31263741)
I don't think you're disagreeing with the parent poster, you just re-framed it terms that gloss over the downsides.