<story><title>When will Google shut down Stadia?</title><url>http://stadiacountdown.com/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>marricks</author><text>I wonder about the damage Google does to any potential start ups in a field.&lt;p&gt;How much buzz can you get when everyone’s first thought is “how could this be any good? Google already tried that and failed...”</text></item><item><author>iamsb</author><text>A good model will be to start working on a new startup with a competing product as soon as google launches something. In couple of years when they shut down, provide migration paths. Swim in $$$.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>rurp</author><text>I don&amp;#x27;t know, Google has failed at all kinds of products that other companies have achieved massive success with. This includes some really ubiquitous tools like a social network (Google+) or messaging apps (too many to list). I think at this point most people assume a failed project from Google has more to do with the company than the concept itself.</text></comment>
<story><title>When will Google shut down Stadia?</title><url>http://stadiacountdown.com/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>marricks</author><text>I wonder about the damage Google does to any potential start ups in a field.&lt;p&gt;How much buzz can you get when everyone’s first thought is “how could this be any good? Google already tried that and failed...”</text></item><item><author>iamsb</author><text>A good model will be to start working on a new startup with a competing product as soon as google launches something. In couple of years when they shut down, provide migration paths. Swim in $$$.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>malvosenior</author><text>I seriously doubt that&amp;#x27;s everyone&amp;#x27;s first thought. I know my first thought when Google launches a product is: &amp;quot;this will suck and I&amp;#x27;m not even going to bother trying it&amp;quot;. Experience as trained me to avoid Google products and look for migrations away from things I&amp;#x27;m stuck with that they executed well on in the distant past (email, maps, search, browser).</text></comment>