Please, Google was terrible about using the tech the had long before Sundar, back when Brin was in charge.

Google Reader is a simple example: Googl had by far the most popular RSS reader, and they just threw it away. A single intern could have kept the whole thing running, and Google has literal billions, but they couldn't see the value in it.

I mean, it's not like being able to see what a good portion of America is reading every day could have any value for an AI company, right?

Google has always been terrible about turning tech into (viable, maintained) products.

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vinkelhake an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Is there an equivalent to Godwin's law wrt threads about Google and Google Reader?

See also: any programming thread and Rust.

	▲	scarmig 19 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		I'm convinced my last groan will be reading a thread about Google paper clipping the world, and someone will be moaning about Google Reader.

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burgreblast an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I never get the moaning about killing Reader. It was never about popularity or user experience.

Reader had to be killed because it [was seen as] a suboptimal ad monetization engine. Page views were superior.

Was Google going to support minimizing ads in any way?

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DiggyJohnson an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

How is this relevant? At best it’s tangentially related and low effort

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jamespo an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Took a while but I got to the google reader post. Self host tt-rss, it's much better