[suddenexample]

People bringing up this site in this specific way is a pet peeve of mine. What's the largest product that they sunset with no replacement? Stadia? Given the number of products Google has, I wouldn't consider their track record below average.

[sofixa]

And they reimbursed all purchases, including hardware you got to keep.

As sad as killing Stadia was (it's still the best cloud gaming service, the UX was marvelous), it couldn't have been done better.

[throwaway314155]

Well their press releases indicate long term support and then they cancel the projects. This _has_ to have more serious consequences (on businesses mostly, but consumers too) than you are implying. This sort of thing naturally effects consumer/brand loyalty. With such a clear lack of focus on any one solution, why would anyone trust Google going forward with their new products/services?

This is the end result of trying to run your massive corporation like some kind of start-up incubator. No wisdom or strategy, just throw shit at the wall and see what sticks.

[satvikpendem]

I agree. The vast majority of products "killed by Google" were ones no one were using and many were consolidated into other products.

[ryao]

Google Reader was fairly popular.

[satvikpendem]

> vast majority

[The_Blade]

i'm a rageaholic! i just can't live without rageahol!