[crowcroft]

Yea this is the point, all roads lead back to the lack of innovation at Google.

They have capital, they have free cash flow, they can attract talent, but often they completely fail to compete effectively in new categories they enter.

[mrweasel]

To be fair, Google enters so many categories that some of them are bound to fail. Neither Apple, Meta or Microsoft really tries as many things as Google, so perhaps Googles issue is a lack of focus and vision.

One problem that Google might have is that their criteria for success has become to high. Products has to make billions within a short time frame, but they aren't willing to make the same kind of investments in ensuring that success as a company like Apple is. The AppleTV, or even the Apple Watch would have been killed or sold off had they been Google products. Why they keep the Pixel I have no idea, maybe it is in fact part of some larger plan.