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by 8ytecoder 1078 days ago
We need a term for it - the fear of adopting something because it might be cancelled based on past history leading to the cancellation further confirming that these companies would cancel new products.
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The word Google has already been used as a noun, so we could slightly repurpose it and use it again.

E.g. “That Netflix show is fantastic but I wouldn’t bother starting it as it got Googled at the end of the first season.”

Or:

“Google’s new messaging service looks cool but I’m not going to get everyone to use it as I bet they’ll only go and Google it in about 18 months.”