Re:Google Announces KataOS and Sparrow
by crazygringo on Sunday October 16, 2022 @04:01PM
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Seriously, I don't get it because startups fail all the time.
Google quite explicitly has a startup mentality in trying to launch lots of things and see what sticks, and shut down what doesn't stick. A "fail fast" mentality that is very hacker-y.
Apple is the polar opposite -- they do oodles of internal testing and iteration and feedback and don't launch something until they're super-super-sure they've got a hit on their hands. Microsoft is closer to Apple but more willing to experiment.
So people hate on Google when they cancel products, but nobody hates on all the startups that simply go out of business. To the contrary, they say congrats on trying, hope you try again!
It's a bizarre double standard that I'll never understand.
Yes, Reader was cancelled, but if Google didn't have this "launch and see what sticks" mentality Reader never would have been created in the first place. Products like Gmail and Google News supposedly started as similar 20% products.
Why is HN so supportive of startups that try and fail, but not when Google does it?
Google quite explicitly has a startup mentality in trying to launch lots of things and see what sticks, and shut down what doesn't stick. A "fail fast" mentality that is very hacker-y.
Apple is the polar opposite -- they do oodles of internal testing and iteration and feedback and don't launch something until they're super-super-sure they've got a hit on their hands. Microsoft is closer to Apple but more willing to experiment.
So people hate on Google when they cancel products, but nobody hates on all the startups that simply go out of business. To the contrary, they say congrats on trying, hope you try again!
It's a bizarre double standard that I'll never understand.
Yes, Reader was cancelled, but if Google didn't have this "launch and see what sticks" mentality Reader never would have been created in the first place. Products like Gmail and Google News supposedly started as similar 20% products.
Why is HN so supportive of startups that try and fail, but not when Google does it?