Sorry Google; you can Keep it to yourself

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Post by iProject » Thu, Mar 21, 2013, 1:47 AM UTC

Sorry Google; you can Keep it to yourself
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Post by ghshephard » Thu, Mar 21, 2013, 2:28 AM UTC

My favorite comment from the post:

"And by the way – how is this app strategic for you guys and Reader is not? A little clarity would certainly be appreciated."

I too would love to know what Google is thinking here.

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Post by psbp » Thu, Mar 21, 2013, 2:34 AM UTC

Is this also a warning to Evernote to never remove features? I'd hate to be a company that makes products that Om uses.

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Post by yanw » Thu, Mar 21, 2013, 2:35 AM UTC

ghshephard wrote: post #2

My favorite comment from the post: "And by the way – how is this app strategic for you guys and Reader is not? A little clarity would certainly be appreciated." I too would love to know what Google is thinking here.

Keep is a feature, Drive is the App (apple/oranges).

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Post by taligent » Thu, Mar 21, 2013, 2:36 AM UTC

psbp wrote: post #3

Is this also a warning to Evernote to never remove features? I'd hate to be a company that makes products that Om uses.

I don't know any company who would remove features that millions of people use every single day.

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Mar 21, 2013, 2:36 AM UTC

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Post by jinushaun » Thu, Mar 21, 2013, 2:38 AM UTC

Anyone else remember Google Notebook? Yeah, they killed that too. Pretty much Evernote before Evernote got big.

No thanks, Google.

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Post by ishansharma » Thu, Mar 21, 2013, 2:38 AM UTC

psbp wrote: post #3

Is this also a warning to Evernote to never remove features? I'd hate to be a company that makes products that Om uses.

We are talking about removing products that are widely used. Reader was not just a feature but a full product that Google killed.

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Post by ishansharma » Thu, Mar 21, 2013, 2:44 AM UTC

I fully agree with Om here. In fact, I have found myself avoiding Google services as much as possible now. GMail is the only one I am using regularly and which does not have good alternatives.

I also agree that Google is becoming like Microsoft, trying everything.

I'm going to stay with companies like Evernote.

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Post by lubujackson » Thu, Mar 21, 2013, 2:46 AM UTC

psbp wrote: post #3

Is this also a warning to Evernote to never remove features? I'd hate to be a company that makes products that Om uses.

Products are different than features.

And the point is, if Google is "going social" and streamlining everything to Google+, why did this product even get released? Why isn't it just some new social storage feature on Google+?

The reality is that Google is the new "Old Yahoo". New product come out with a big fanfare, some techies get excited for a month, and then 2 years later it gets unplugged for some "bold new direction."

The point is, every product costs a user something. If not money, then at least their time and energy learning to use the product. When a user comes to rely on that product and it gets deleted (especially when the company is making money like crazy), users lose faith in the company.