[OrlandoHakim]

While Google has in the past been a formidable competitor, I no longer consider them a serious threat to a customer-obsessed tech company such as Shopify, Amazon or even Walmart.

Google can't even compete on search with it's own search engine of 15 years ago in terms of the quality of the product. The entire front page is made of ads for many common searches these days, and for most searches everything above the fold is a first-party or 3rd party ad.

As a long-time Googler and now X-Googler, I've seen the operation from the inside. Google is now a fat and arrogant monopoly that is unwilling to take risks with employees more interested in getting the next promotion than building the next big thing. They still hire amazing talent thanks to their brand and compensation, but the focus of this talent is on getting promoted or playing politics not on building products that people love.

As an example, a few years ago they tried to take on Amazon and Instacart in a similar market - home shopping delivery. After several failed iterations, they abandoned the market, fired everyone on the project and moved on as if nothing happened. I expect a similar outcome in this case.

[wizwit999]

Ah Google Shopping express, lol I remember using it a while back it actually worked pretty well on nyc.