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Google has a long history of failing to productize otherwise brilliant technology. Google Analytics is free and yet Mixpanel, Kissmetrics, Intercom, and a whole raft of analytics startups appear to be thriving by solving specific problems. AI and Computer Vision is a big space.

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I think you're forgetting the reason why Google Analytics is free. It's not to generate profit, it's to collect data.

His point still stands. With data as the focus, GA should be built in such a way that users don't see the need tyo use Mixpanel & others.

But that is not the case. Which suggest Google isn't that good at productivizing stuff.

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