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 divi
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 divi
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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.
Re:One step forward two back company (Score:2)