Kind of like Microsoft then. They buy up or spend money trying to break into all kinds of different areas but consistently take bad L's and get pushed back to their core business time and again after face-planting and alienating those who gave them a shot.
Not even gmail.. They turned that to shit years ago.
All it should be is a goddamn mailbox. Instead it's now an ad-fueling chunk of spyware that has fucking social media bullshit built into it. I started paying for Proton and have been emptying my Google crap
What have Google developed inhouse that’s good since Gmail?
Android and YouTube were both acquisitions.
Hm, 8.8.8.8? That was 5 years after Gmail.
Docs, Sheets, and Slides were all acquisitions. I guess Drive and Forms are good.
Google has one of the biggest data/ad empires on the planet and is doing just fine lol
I think that's part of the reason they tend to fail in other areas: it's just not important enough to them except for the data it generates for thier ads.
I don't feel like Chromebooks are all that bad. Especially if the other option is limited capacity computer rooms. I imagine the restrictions of a Chromebook would be similar to the limitations imposed by the IT department.
It's good if you need to protect and restrict a large group of computer illiterate people with low needs for applications or power.