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tnnrk t1_ittduvk wrote

Reply to comment by IAmTaka_VG in After adding 37,000 employees in the last 12 months, Alphabet's CEO said the company will assess future projects 'pretty granularly' as it tries to curb costs by V3r4L4u7aro420

Yeah honestly the pixel might really be the last decent thing they’ve done in a decade or more. Is there something dope we are forgetting?

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ILoveThisPlace t1_ittgndf wrote

Google maps

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tnnrk t1_ittnsdt wrote

Maps is in 2005. Google pixel was 2013, and then after that the next major thing they did was stadia (oof). However one thing I forgot since it’s not really a “service or product” in the same way imo, Google Assistant. By far the most successful thing they’ve released in the last 10 years. Successful in terms of product quality, no idea about revenue, but basically all of they best products were in 2008 and before. Sundar became CEO in 2015 and Google assistant was 2016, then stadia.

So yeah he has one successful thing under him since then. There might be more but past decade, pixel (which is no small feat) and their focus on smaller software products for the pixel have been pretty good. However I doubt the pixel has been a large revenue source for Google.

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pheoxs t1_ituuoe9 wrote

Hey now don’t forget about google buzz / wave / plus. They really hjt it out of the park with that one …

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IAmTaka_VG t1_ittdzew wrote

Waymo? About the only thing they’ve done that hasn’t sucked yet.

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KSRandom195 t1_itufnha wrote

Waymo hasn’t launched.

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Extreme_Address7043 t1_itw24k6 wrote

Yeah. I feel Waymo might get the Boston dynamics treatment from Google. Idk if it makes them money, it does consume a lot of it though.

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ghoonrhed t1_ittzpuu wrote

I really liked Google Trips, it was great for going on holidays and having everything in one app. And it was made after the Pixel. But can't be counted since it was killed by Google as usual

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