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> Trying and failing is one thing. Trying, announcing, telling everyone it's the next big thing and then failing is quite another.

Isn't this the modus operandi of startups though? Most of them fail too, but they hardly ever get their feet held to the fire like Google projects.



Probably because people expect better from one of the most established tech companies on the face of the planet?

It's as sad as Facebook's rampant feature theft from Snapchat. Sure, not illegal, not surprising, but also not impressive.




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