Also from the horse's mouth: https://twitter.com/GoogleStadia/status/1552989433590214656
Not saying it to argue with your point, just to highlight that we generally shouldn't put much trust into Google.
Not saying it to argue with your point, just to highlight that we generally shouldn't put much trust into Google.
While "cover your ass" posts may need a grain of salt, there's no logic in "we're killing a product/service" being lip service.
And not just Google, but every company.
I'm not arguing that internally, no one at Google knew this 60 days ago. They may have. I'm saying that it makes sense to cast doubt on public relation statements that cast a company in a good light, but it makes much less sense to doubt an announcement that casts them in a bad light. Why would they "lie" about killing a product or service?
If you are suggesting that I'm saying that we shouldn't trust Google's announcement that they are shutting down Stadia, then you are misunderstanding my comment.
> to highlight that we generally shouldn't put much trust into Google
It seemed like a logical conclusion. Given your argument now, I assume you simply meant "don't trust anything they say" (which would include their announcement today) but it's not exactly the spirit of what you mean. Your initial intent was not clear (in my opinion.)
Google will have financially benefited from that positive PR (from interest on invested money, if in absolutely no other way).