I agree, but I also think we demand conflicting things from Google.
On one hand, we expect them to innovate and disrupt with new experimental products - then we get annoyed when they discontinue the ones that don't take off. ...and now we are criticizing them for not consolidating overlapping apps.
Do we ask startups not to launch products they think will compete with existing messaging apps? In reality Google operates (somewhat) like a collection of startups.
It's a messy marketplace for apps. Is it really sooo bad that giant Google has a couple different apps for messaging? We should also acknowledge that they are consolidating them (at least Hangouts and Meet).
Maybe they could do a better job, but our negative reactions to them are out-sized.
On one hand, we expect them to innovate and disrupt with new experimental products - then we get annoyed when they discontinue the ones that don't take off. ...and now we are criticizing them for not consolidating overlapping apps.
Do we ask startups not to launch products they think will compete with existing messaging apps? In reality Google operates (somewhat) like a collection of startups.
It's a messy marketplace for apps. Is it really sooo bad that giant Google has a couple different apps for messaging? We should also acknowledge that they are consolidating them (at least Hangouts and Meet).
Maybe they could do a better job, but our negative reactions to them are out-sized.