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0 pointsmh-5mo ago0 comments

It's really impressive how much damage they've done to early adoption by earning themselves this reputation.

I've even heard it in mainstream circles that have no idea what HN is, and aren't involved in tech.

Probably would have been cheaper to keep Google Reader running - kidding, but this is the first time I remember the gut punch of Google cancelling something I heavily used personally.

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ianburrell5mo ago

Google is bad about maintenance. They have a bunch of projects that are not getting changes.

They are also bad about strategy. Good example is the number of messaging systems that have had. Instead of making new ones, they should have updated existing one with new backend and UI.

I like the Google Messages sync SMS online with Google Fi, but it is missing features. If they could do it globally, they would have something big.

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ianburrell5mo ago

Google is bad about maintenance. They have a bunch of projects that are not getting changes.

They are also bad about strategy. Good example is the number of messaging systems that have had. Instead of making new ones, they should have updated existing one with new backend and UI.

I like the Google Messages sync SMS online with Google Fi, but it is missing features. If they could do it globally, they would have something big.

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