Google has so many products
People say a lot of google products are in graveyards, but see this list of Google products Google Drive Google Maps Google Meet Gmail Chrome Search Assistant Android YouTube Google Play Google Photos Gsuite (docs, slides, sheets etc) Google Calendar Google Pay GCP Translate News Finance Pixels Adsense Waze Google Home Shopping Flights Bard Etc Let that sink in
99% of people only use 3 of them
4: Chrome, youtube, gmail, maps
Do you not use search??
I mean it’s a major concern for engineers too. Imagine spending 4-5 years working on something like Google Stadia just for it to get cancelled. Imagine putting that on a resume. Rough
Innovation happened long time ago. Not anymore
People usually think of iPhone as a “product.” They don’t say iPhone, Apple Maps, mail, calendar, Siri, and every feature and app on it. If you want to parse out projects every company has tons of them. Let that sink in.
How many are Google made
G focused more on ads and revenue than products and it shows up. Someone rightly said above 99% of customers only use or are aware of select few. It used to be a do no evil company ironically
How many are actually making money vs just a promo play?
I use YouTube and occasionally Chrome.
I use probably 80% of that list on a daily or weekly basis. Adsense, Google Analytics, pixels and a few others are b2b. But I'm general yeah
If it doesn’t lead to ads or subscription what’s the point
No I won't let that sink in