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0 pointstmpz221y ago0 comments

> how does anyone find this acceptable?

Many in the tech community have high expectations for Google engineering quality and product development. The expectations are now too high, much like the executives who pushed this feature.

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berkes1y ago

> Many in the tech community have high expectations for Google engineering quality and product development

Wait? Whom has these expectations? I presumed most in the tech industry scoff at anything Google launches, point at Google Graveyard or at all the failures they've been through.

Seriously: aside from search, ads and android, what product has Google developed ever that is of high quality and meeting the high quality? Maybe maps at some point? Gmail, maybe? Google docs? For each and every google product, I can name two competitors that meet much higher expectations of engineering.

hehdhdjehehegwv1y ago

Really the only 100% in-house products are Search and Gmail. The rest was bolted on piecemeal into the Borg: maps, android, double click, docs, YouTube, etc. - all acquired.

That’s not a bad thing, Google is really a story about a shrewd - even brilliant - acquisition and integration strategy.

However, they have systemically failed to grow new things in-house - be it space balloon internet, being an ISP, games network, etc etc.

They are likely better off just buying Anthropic at this point.

z0r1y ago

Photos is my favorite Google product (that isn't gmail and search circa 2004 - 2010ish)

callalex1y ago

Hopefully it won’t get Picasa’d

nolist_policy1y ago

Chrome, Chromebooks and Android.

Non-Products: Kubernetes and MGLRU.

mirsadm1y ago

Android is anything but high quality. There are so many baffling and poorly thought out ideas it's a dumpster fire.

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