What's surprising to me is that it was allowed before. They have had their own videochat solution for years, so I would expect the usual "eat your own dogfood" approach.
I'd expect that their own videochat solution changes every year or so.
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#12What's surprising to me is that it was allowed before. They have had their own videochat solution for years, so I would expect the usual "eat your own dogfood" approach.
But then Alphabet risks that Hangout could become as good as Zoom & Slack combined. The golden rule is no Betabets by Alphabet.
I really want to know what goes on within Product Management at Google, because looking from the outside in I cannot imagine anything other than sheer incompetence.
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#14What's surprising to me is that it was allowed before. They have had their own videochat solution for years, so I would expect the usual "eat your own dogfood" approach.
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#15What's surprising to me is that it was allowed before. They have had their own videochat solution for years, so I would expect the usual "eat your own dogfood" approach.
Re: Google bans Zoom from employees' computers
#16What's surprising to me is that it was allowed before. They have had their own videochat solution for years, so I would expect the usual "eat your own dogfood" approach.
Re: Google bans Zoom from employees' computers
#17What's surprising to me is that it was allowed before. They have had their own videochat solution for years, so I would expect the usual "eat your own dogfood" approach.
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#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
But then Alphabet risks that Hangout could become as good as Zoom & Slack combined. The golden rule is no Betabets by Alphabet.
It's frustrating because Google Hangouts used to be great, and then Google purposefully started cannibalizing their own platform. I really want to know what goes on within Product Management at Google, because looking from the outside in I cannot imagine anything other than sheer incompetence.
Re: Google bans Zoom from employees' computers
#19What's surprising to me is that it was allowed before. They have had their own videochat solution for years, so I would expect the usual "eat your own dogfood" approach.
Re: Google bans Zoom from employees' computers
#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
But then Alphabet risks that Hangout could become as good as Zoom & Slack combined. The golden rule is no Betabets by Alphabet.
It's frustrating because Google Hangouts used to be great, and then Google purposefully started cannibalizing their own platform. I really want to know what goes on within Product Management at Google, because looking from the outside in I cannot imagine anything other than sheer incompetence.