How is that different from everything after Google Search. Alphabet is even structured around the idea of not being able to pick winners. I can discern some long term strategy in Android Automotive and Waymo, but nothing is sacred when it comes to cutting off products that are not growing.
It's one thing to say that Sundar hasn't led Google to innovate much in his tenure (I agree there), but to say Google hasn't picked any winners since Google Search?
- Gmail (largest email service at 1.5B users)
- YouTube (by far the biggest video sharing platform)
- Android (most used operating system in the world by number of devices)
- Google Maps (maps service with the largest userbase)
- YouTube TV
- The whole Google Drive Suite
- Chromecast/Android TV
- Chromebooks (made huge inroads in the k-12 education space)
Zigurd|2 years ago
KoftaBob|2 years ago
- Gmail (largest email service at 1.5B users)
- YouTube (by far the biggest video sharing platform)
- Android (most used operating system in the world by number of devices)
- Google Maps (maps service with the largest userbase)
- YouTube TV
- The whole Google Drive Suite
- Chromecast/Android TV
- Chromebooks (made huge inroads in the k-12 education space)