• infinitevalence@discuss.online
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      1 year ago

      From what I have read its simply not how Google works on the inside. They have all the best programmers developing new “products” which then get tested live. If a product wins great, put the best on something else. Maintaining existing products outside of the core search and ad’s is seen internally as a menial job, and managers focus on keeping maintenance costs low and quiet new ideas.

      But yes, Hangouts was amazing at its peak. I could group chat, video chat, send MMS like posts, connect it directly to my google voice and more. They should have kept working on it.

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        1 year ago

        I’ve heard that too, product launches = promotion so they keep churning them out.

        I got curious and installed it there, Hangouts chats from 2015 - 2018 all appeared. This isn’t as brand new as they’d make you believe.