On: Google Kills Cloud Print

[remus]

> This is very unsexy, toil-y and you don't get promoted for it - and as such barely anyone wants to do it at Google.

I don't think this is google specific. Keeping a dead product on life support is going to get boring for most people after a while.

[scarface74 → remus]

It’s a feature not a product. Not everything has to be about profit and loss if it’s part of a larger ecosystem. Google Cloud Print was a feature of Android as well as other parts of Google’s ecosystem just like AirPrint is a feature of iOS/MacOS.

But Google has always been piss poor at managing an ecosystem. Just look at the state of Android updates.

[asdff → remus]

There is an infinite supply of cheap intern labor at every college in the U.S. chomping at the bit to mop the floor at google hq.

[dredmorbius → asdff]

Champing at the bit.

https://grammarist.com/usage/champing-chomping-at-the-bit/

[bernierocks → dredmorbius]

Did you read your own link? Chomping at the bit has the same meaning.

[dredmorbius → bernierocks]

"Still, if you’re writing for school or for readers who are versed in English, champing at the bit is probably the safer choice."

[dredmorbius → bernierocks]

Neither productive, insightful, nor accurate, just FYI.