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It’s amazing how much the industry leaders just copy each other. Google didn’t throw the towel in until Amazon did first.
Notably Fitbit and AR are now dead: https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/10/24033994/google-reorganiz...
It’s amazing how much the industry leaders just copy each other. Google didn’t throw the towel in until Amazon did first.
It’s amazing how much the industry leaders just copy each other. Google didn’t throw the towel in until Amazon did first.
If one of google's working theories is they should hire people to keep them away from other organizations then it makes sense they don't fire until they see their competitors start.
Notably Fitbit and AR are now dead: https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/10/24033994/google-reorganiz...
Is there a good explanation for why Google started Pixel Watch when they already had FitBit? I would have understood a rebranding of FitBit to Pixel Watch, but it seems like that's not what happened.
Notably Fitbit and AR are now dead: https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/10/24033994/google-reorganiz...
Is there a good explanation for why Google started Pixel Watch when they already had FitBit? I would have understood a rebranding of FitBit to Pixel Watch, but it seems like that's not what happened.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
If one of google's working theories is they should hire people to keep them away from other organizations then it makes sense they don't fire until they see their competitors start.
They probably tried to move as many as possible to Bard or to backfill Ads / Android etc but some of these are people who wouldn’t / couldn’t move. It mainly signals that upper management is not up to task and made bad bets. Fitbit was a great product and for Google to axe the founders says “we care about monetizing users not serving them.”
Is this really a surprise to anyone at this point?
Notably Fitbit and AR are now dead: https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/10/24033994/google-reorganiz...
Is there a good explanation for why Google started Pixel Watch when they already had FitBit? I would have understood a rebranding of FitBit to Pixel Watch, but it seems like that's not what happened.
Probably there was an internal team outside the Fitbit group that wanted to build a watch. Their leader(s) had enough political clout to get the okay for a parallel effort, and apparently enough to eventually kill the Fitbit group entirely.
Again this is pure speculation, but once a company exceeds a certain size it's amazing how much waste can occur because of infighting.
It’s amazing how much the industry leaders just copy each other. Google didn’t throw the towel in until Amazon did first.
If one of google's working theories is they should hire people to keep them away from other organizations then it makes sense they don't fire until they see their competitors start.