Is Google, or at least the C suite, not absolutely embarrassed by their behavior?
Or is the promotion/churn cycle so high that nobody at all cares anymore?
I thought Google Meet replaced Google Duo a long time ago? I mean, I remember that making the headlines some time back
This article from August 2021 on Arstechnica, titled “A decade and a half of instability: The history of Google messaging apps” still seems relevant. [1]
Google doesn’t seem to have any control over or change in its internal politics and “promotion led new projects” culture (which later get replaced by the same tricks they employed).
If you were to ask someone, even people in Google, which app is Google’s official messaging app, they’d have a tough time figuring it out. It changes by seasons.
[1]: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/08/a-decade-and-a-half-...
OK cool. What was wrong with Hangouts anyway?
https://killedbygoogle.com/ if ya wanna go down nostalgia lane.
Why are they doing it? Google Meet is an organizational conference app, Duo is a one-on-one dialer. If they wanted to have one app for everything, Hangouts would have served that, but they killed it for the organizational Google Chat. Do the people making these decisions do it blindfolded, guided by a two-sentence summary of each product?
I appreciate that they killed Google Reader, etc. It made it easier to move on.
Duo is a stupid name for a video/chat app anyway, good riddance.
I just pretend anything other than email, jabber, and SMS doesn't exist (outside my work laptop of course) and I feel like I'm a much more relaxed person because of it.
Another one added to the Google Graveyard.
Does anybody knows why Google and Microsoft constantly shuffle their communication apps? Both had the opportunity to be the king but instead they seems to choose to throw away their fortunes? I still remember the times when we used Gtalk as much as MSN messenger and both of those simply disappeared slowly when mobile started dominating and those simply sit tight and did nothing. Then there were numerous replacements and alternatives by both of Google and MS but for some reason they all felt neglected and later shut down. Microsoft bought Skype only to make it worse and shut it down. Considered to buy Discord at some point eventually to abandon the bid. Any insights?