my bet is that the bean counters have caught up with this product, and it'll be run into the ground with excessive pricing, because Google products have to make millions or otherwise they'll be killed. most notably, Reader.
These complaints about Google "moving too fast" used to really confuse me. I couldn't really spot a meaningful difference in mean survival b/w Google products, start-ups similar to individual Google products, and other businesses' behaviour.
But I've now attained zen-like clarity on the issue: the complaints are coming only, and always were coming mostly, from people whose idea of appropriate change over time is to still complain about Google Reader almost a decade after it happened.
this is being intentionally obtuse. Hire shutting down got 200 points 7 months ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20815293, also see: Hangouts, Google+, Nest, Code Search, Site Search.....
it's not about "moving fast" at all. it's about google killing anything that doesn't make millions as opposed to just thousands (enough for basic maintenance). I never said anything about timeframe.
But I've now attained zen-like clarity on the issue: the complaints are coming only, and always were coming mostly, from people whose idea of appropriate change over time is to still complain about Google Reader almost a decade after it happened.