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'Google Cast' is replacing the 'Chromecast built-in' brand(9to5google.com)

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Well, at least they aren’t outright throwing the functionality in the trash.

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veee@lemmy.ca
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There’s something to be said about brand recognition, and Google just doesn’t listen.

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apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world
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Google, stop fucking with your own shit.

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Empricorn@feddit.nl
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I’ve heard it’s because creating/reforming things rather than maintaining them is more valued at Google with their current company culture.

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triptrapper@lemmy.world
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A friend who worked at Meta said pretty concisely, “You get rewarded for coming up with something new, not improving something old.”

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exanime@lemmy.today
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Proving once again that it’s usually management that tanks a company… Yet they get the golden parachutes

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Empricorn@feddit.nl
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That would make sense why there’s more features than there used to be, but it’s just worse in every way. Same as Google, Reddit, Microsoft, etc…

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ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com
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Exactly. The Google culture nowadays is a lot of climbers cynically trying to sell new ideas and then abandoning them once they get promo. It didn’t always used to be like that.

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cybersandwich@lemmy.world
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It’s pretty common across most orgs really. Google just seems to have perfected it. Which might actually mean they’ll kill it soon!

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🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.net
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Their company culture sounds like shit. They should be more like Valve. Make a great thing and then forget it exists until it sucks just because it’s too old.

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aesthelete@lemmy.world
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This is America in general.

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Chozo@fedia.io
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Google: “Thanks for your feedback, we hear you loud in clear. In response, we’ve launched 5 new messenger apps (only 3 available in your region), changed the names and branding of 3 other messengers, and completely discontinued 8 other messenger apps. We hope you enjoy playing our little game of Three Card Monty trying to figure out which messenger actually works now.”

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zalgotext@sh.itjust.works
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My favorite thing about this is I was using Hangouts for SMS messaging for like two years after they said they’d stop supporting it. I don’t know if I just got lucky and someone forgot to turn off a server somewhere or what, but even their inconsistency is inconsistent.

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akilou@sh.itjust.works
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Well, at least they aren’t outright throwing the functionality in the trash.

Yet

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Dsklnsadog@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Annnnnnd it’s gone. Next please.

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dantheclamman@lemmy.world
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Gemini soon to be rebranded Allo Assistant All Access Chat

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breakingcups@lemmy.world
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… Plus

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Tony Bark@pawb.social
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At least they’re not killing the protocol.

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Bezier@suppo.fi
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Yet.

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jet@hackertalks.com
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They already killed MiraCast for their Embrance, Extend, Extinguish Chromecast…

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