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Re:Google Stopping Coding Competitions by jsnell on Wednesday February 22, 2023 @02:07PM (#34900954)
> I hate how "normal" of a company google is becoming. Closing down services and products not because they aren't profitable, but because they aren't profitable enough.

What specific services and products are you thinking of there? How do you know they were profitable?

Re:Google Stopping Coding Competitions by Beldin on Thursday February 23, 2023 @03:26PM (#34916004)
Just to be pedantic: not profitable enough doesn't necessarily imply profitable.

Consider, eg, shutting down their (Stadia's) game studio before the release of their first game. First release was scheduled a few months later, with no significant delays having occurred. Nevertheless, shutdown.

No one would expect it to have made a profit without a release. But apparently there was no way they could be profitable enough to warrant keeping.