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Google reader was killed because there was only one guy who knew how to support it
by kanzenryu2 2y ago
Google reader was killed because there was only one guy who knew how to support it
- troupo 2y agoAnd that is a problem for a company with 20k employees? No, Reader was killed because it: - was free - didn't contribute to revenue growth from ads
- creesch 2y ago> And that is a problem for a company with 20k employees? It is for a company where the promotion culture rewards new initiatives and products and doesn't reward people maintaining products. Which was most certainly the company culture around the time reader was killed.
- thibaut_barrere 2y agoIf anything, this adds meat to the fact it can be understandable that people do not trust Google with products longevity. Bus factor et al. is literally CS 101.