[calcifer]

"Buying into" isn't only about money. A lot of people put time and effort into Inbox, Reader etc. and they were badly burned when Google decided they weren't making enough millions of dollars.

[drusepth]

The biggest difference between Stadia and Inbox, Reader, etc is that people pay for Stadia. That alone seems like comparing apples to oranges.

[Arelius]

And the other big difference is that Stadia is a lot more expensive to run.