[politelemon]

> but I can at least visualize Apple having the scale to do that.

> Google on the other hand has a horrendous reputation for

Neither are true nor false but definitely exaggerations. All you're doing is displaying personal biases by providing them with benefit-of-the-doubts. They too have a reputation for locking people out, and are well known for turning data over, but one that HN in gernal prefers to ignore.

[notyourday]

> Neither are true nor false but definitely exaggerations.

Google does not kill services. That does not happen. Google definitely does not deplatform people killing all their accounts and all their access. That also does not happen.

[smoldesu]

Apple absolutely did not abandon the Xserve platform after promising a professional and modern Unix experience. Google is definitely the only one with a penchant for mercy-killing unsuccessful products.

[vangelis]

Google isn't killing the horse with a broken leg. It's killing anything less than the triple crown winner.

[smoldesu]

If your horse cost $150 million/year, you'd probably be itching to kill it too.

[ggm]

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