[twtw]

I hate that Google can pour money from its infinite ad revenue into other things and beat out competitors by virtue of being able to sustainably run unsustainable (for others) businesses.

EDIT: For people who are interested in this, I would recommend studying the history of AT&T, especially the 1956 consent decree.

[Aunche]

When has Google succeeded in doing this? To me, it seems like Google burns a lot of money on a project just to deprecate it a few years later.

[Jagat]

The other player at the moment happens to be Amazon. So any competition is a good thing.

[twtw]

Amazon? Are you thinking of Twitch, because this isn't that.

Parsec, Paperspace, GeForce Now, Shadow, ...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_gaming

[remir]

Microsoft are also reportedly working on their own game streaming service.

[tapoxi]

PlayStation Now is interesting, mostly because Sony has a pretty great exclusive game library.

[maxxxxx]

That's how the big guys can kill innovation.

[forgotmysn]

Pretty much all major tech companies do this. Google, Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, etc.

[fx32s]

If they can push the industry forward I am all for it. In general some innovations are not sustainable but are still beneficial for the end users, getting these otherwise neglected fields funded through other income streams doesn't seem too bad.

[justicezyx]

> beat out competitors by virtue of being able to sustainably run unsustainable (for others) businesses.

Is there other providers of similar services?

[twtw]

Yes.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_gaming

[justicezyx]

Wow, never thought of there are so many contenders in this area. I thought Google is the only one having the tech to provide the service in a large scale that possibly can transform the industry.

Then your statement makes sense. I was fantasizing that Google is actually innovating before others. Turns out there is indeed no new ideas in IT.

[vntok]

As a user I am strictly better off that way.

[ALittleLight]

A fundamentally better service may be strangled in the cradle by Google operating at a loss for years and then shuttering the service, raising prices, or making some other negative trade off.

[untog]

Not necessarily. It'll always be a small project for a company like Google and will eventually be merged into some larger corporate structure (YouTube Game Stream or whatever). It'll take product cues from that larger entity, so won't be as dedicated to propose as a small start-up would be (already in this thread we've discovered the site is Chrome only). But it'll still dominate enough of the market that the small start-up will not be viable.