I could go on, but I think my point has been made. Google gives zero fucks about products or consumers. They only care about money.
When they enshittify a product it’s to make more money.
I’m not entirely disagreeing with Hanlon on this, but just because they’re inept doesn’t mean they aren’t actively sabotaging themselves through corrupted negligence. Like a bank robber that didn’t get an oil change in over 40k miles and goes on a high speed chase. Sure you rob the bank, but you won’t get further than three blocks before your engine blows because of your negligence against your car while you planned the bank heist.
https://killedbygoogle.com/
Chromecast was a flagship product.
Stadia was a flagship product.
YT Originals was a flagship product.
Hangouts was a flagship product.
I could go on, but I think my point has been made. Google gives zero fucks about products or consumers. They only care about money.
When they enshittify a product it’s to make more money.
I’m not entirely disagreeing with Hanlon on this, but just because they’re inept doesn’t mean they aren’t actively sabotaging themselves through corrupted negligence. Like a bank robber that didn’t get an oil change in over 40k miles and goes on a high speed chase. Sure you rob the bank, but you won’t get further than three blocks before your engine blows because of your negligence against your car while you planned the bank heist.
None of those were even close to flagships, they were all short term experiments.
YouTube is the basis for much of Google’s portfolio and a steady moneymaker, not an upstart liek those.