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[–] shaggymatt@midwest.social 43 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I swear this company used to have its shit together.

[–] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 30 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They had a really amazing search algorithm that they used to make ad revenue and then made a bunch of stuff because the engineers were bored.

[–] Banzai51@midwest.social 39 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Google's problem is they reward bringing new product to market, but they don't reward steady stewardship or iteration to improve existing products. That's why you see Google release multiple products that do the same thing.

[–] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago

In addition to 20% Time Fridays they should have had Patch Tuesday where everyone submits a bug fix or new feature for an existing product.

[–] imgonnatrythis@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Ha fuck you pleeb. We so fucking rich we drivin' g wagons to work wearing crocs and sweat pants then when g wagon gets full of mustard from our sandwiches we just buy another. Our shit is so far from together but ain't nothing gonna stop us. Also we just deleted your mom's GDrive because we can.

—Google probably