by Anonymous Coward writes:
on Wednesday June 25, 2014 @12:27PM (#47316037)
I always thought Google was a one step forward two back kind of company. They dabble in this and that and your never sure what will stick and what won't. Many like myself don't get to cozy with Google for just such a reason. I don't care to commit to a application, a device or a ecosystem like Google's for fear of something being dropped or changed. Its like Chromebook's, people buy them on price and see if it fits after the fact. So many whine about Google Doc's but how many actually do homework before diving into such a change? No, today people make choices a lot because of the low price or free. I for one pass on a lot of Google stuff, I think its more of a novelty or a geek dream then being useful in the "real" world. Google to me does not set the stage for tech in the future. It merely throws random ideals out there to see if anyone really thinks like Google. A couple examples is Android and Chrome OS (Chromebooks). While Android has become the major smartphone player, Chrome OS has simply been a very broken OS installed in some very cheap notebooks. The Chromebooks are replacements for that Netbook crowd and Android actually excels beyond what Apple can do with IOS. How can one company focus so much on Android but allow Chrome OS to rot? I had one of the first Nexus 7's and thought it was well done. Then I bought a Chromebook from Samsung and thought WTF is this? Its hard to believe Chrome OS and Android both come from Google. I hope Google reflects and re focuses on core projects and ejects the hobbyist crap that seems to plague the company.
I disagree that the hobbyist crap is plaguing Google. I think it's a large part of what keeps them innovative. A lot of it doesn't leave beta but the ideas and core concepts get recycled into other products in their ecosystem.
One step forward and two steps back? I can't think of a google service that was worse than the competition. Google + is about the closest thing, and that's only because no one actually switched from facebook.
It is annoying when they stop offering services, but do you actually lose anything when they do that? Take google reader: I paid nothing for it. When it was being shut down, google made the transition simple.
You bring up android and chromebooks. That's one giant step forward in my book (a
It is annoying when they stop offering services, but do you actually lose anything when they do that? Take google reader: I paid nothing for it. When it was being shut down, google made the transition simple.
Google more or less killed the market for news readers by offering theirs for free. Such that when they lost interest and dropped it, there wasn't much left to migrate to.
But yes, at least you didn't pay for Google Reader. Pity the fools that paid for Google Glass. In a boring 3 hour keynote, there was not a mention of Google Glass, not a single presenter who wore one. When Google finally pull the plug on that turkey, that's going to be a lot of people who feel cheated out of $1500.
One step forward two back company (Score:2, Insightful)
I always thought Google was a one step forward two back kind of company. They dabble in this and that and your never sure what will stick and what won't.
Many like myself don't get to cozy with Google for just such a reason. I don't care to commit to a application, a device or a ecosystem like Google's for fear of something being dropped or changed. Its like Chromebook's, people buy them on price and see if it fits after the fact. So many whine about Google Doc's but how many actually do homework before diving into such a change? No, today people make choices a lot because of the low price or free. I for one pass on a lot of Google stuff, I think its more of a novelty or a geek dream then being useful in the "real" world. Google to me does not set the stage for tech in the future. It merely throws random ideals out there to see if anyone really thinks like Google.
A couple examples is Android and Chrome OS (Chromebooks). While Android has become the major smartphone player, Chrome OS has simply been a very broken OS installed in some very cheap notebooks. The Chromebooks are replacements for that Netbook crowd and Android actually excels beyond what Apple can do with IOS. How can one company focus so much on Android but allow Chrome OS to rot? I had one of the first Nexus 7's and thought it was well done. Then I bought a Chromebook from Samsung and thought WTF is this? Its hard to believe Chrome OS and Android both come from Google. I hope Google reflects and re focuses on core projects and ejects the hobbyist crap that seems to plague the company.
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It is annoying when they stop offering services, but do you actually lose anything when they do that? Take google reader: I paid nothing for it. When it was being shut down, google made the transition simple.
You bring up android and chromebooks. That's one giant step forward in my book (a
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It is annoying when they stop offering services, but do you actually lose anything when they do that? Take google reader: I paid nothing for it. When it was being shut down, google made the transition simple.
Google more or less killed the market for news readers by offering theirs for free. Such that when they lost interest and dropped it, there wasn't much left to migrate to.
But yes, at least you didn't pay for Google Reader. Pity the fools that paid for Google Glass. In a boring 3 hour keynote, there was not a mention of Google Glass, not a single presenter who wore one. When Google finally pull the plug on that turkey, that's going to be a lot of people who feel cheated out of $1500.
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