[psergeant]

    > People would be constantly popping
    > up on HN repeating a different mantra
    > about how bloated and unfocused they
    > were

I don't see that for AWS.

[ktta]

All the services on AWS fulfill a need. Google often starts projects without direct profitability in their mind. Note that I'm talking about Google as a whole and not Google Cloud.

I'd say Google is a lot more liberal in starting new projects than any other company of its size. Look around in the news and you'll see how analysts comment about how Google has no 'direction' and is burning money.