I don’t get why but there is a clear pattern. Most of google products end up failing. Most Apple products succeed. Ok… Apple vision is the only failing product in the last decade. Let’s ignore it for now Despite this google is the most prestigious company by a huge leap. A few ex coworkers here quit us joining google for this very reason. I failed 3 times though. It is hard as hell
Is Vision Pro even failing? Its first gen meant to drive desire and fill out eco system. “Before VR becomes something people buy, VR has to be something people want” And i think Apple Vision Pro does exactly that
Apple is a hardware company. Google is a software company. S/W expertise means jack shit when it comes to manufacturing.
IMO, Google seems focused on the next shiny thing so some VP and others can get promo for launching. I enjoyed some HW products like Chromecast, Fitbit, nest cam, but over time, these tend to die out or lack continuous focus that a company like Apple seems to deliver well.
This.
Apple won't launch anything unless they are convinced it will last 5-10 years and will actually support it. Google will launch very questionable stuff, see if it catches on and cancel it in 12-18 months if it doesn't. Google's strategy wasn't that bad 15 years ago when the company was younger and scrappier but it's kind of embarassing these days. The Google Pay vs Google Wallet (both have been cancelled several times) thing is particularly embarassing for a company that should want to be taken seriously.
I had this exact conversation with someone in (ex) Stadia team. Now that xbox cloud gaming is a superhit, stadia can be a very good example. G thinks from an engineering perspective. Stadia was way ahead of its time in terms of tech/hardware but never thought what would make end customer happy without the pain of having a specific controller + hdmi dongle + lack of AAA games Xbox does not need any hardware to play + All the AAA games you can think of ( Fortnite to Forza) Same story across gcp, google glass even orkut/google+ ( if anyone remembers them)
Promo culture and excessive engineering hubris. Contrary to what most engs believe you need very good product and ux sense to build and sell at scale consumer products. Google is imbalanced from a staffing perspective hiring too many engs and not enough competent product and ux leads with real decision power. Google founders were brilliant engs stumbling on a pile of ad money that has powered fun eng projects and corrupted the culture needed (customer obsession) to build trust and amazing consumer products.
To further elaborate. No one at Google is getting promoted or likes sweating the ux/ui details. It’s a lot of effort that doesn’t get you promoted. Seemingly small but annoying bugs are rarely fixed.
To further elaborate, if Google was the newcomer in search today with its current search product, it would not win. (Maybe DuckDuckGo or something else.) The product is far removed from the “very good product and UX sense” it had 25 years ago. Now it rides on because it’s the household name, probably most common people don’t even know there are still alternatives.
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Google is not the most prestigious company. I’d argue Databricks is far more prestigious.