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Month M + 0: Google to take on $INDUSTRY_STANDARD with $GOOGLE_THING standard

Month M + 4: Google shows off $GOOGLE_THING and announces $PARTNER devices

Month M + 9: $PARTNER releases first devices with $GOOGLE_THING support (also supports $INDUSTRY_STANDARD, of course)

Month M + 18: Google disappointed with lack of adoption of $GOOGLE_THING announces first-party products with $GOOGLE_THING support

Month M + 24: Google's internal team working on first-party $GOOGLE_THING products dissolved

Month M + 36: $PARTNER announces future products will no longer support $GOOGLE_THING due to lack of demand

Month M + 48: Google removes all mentions of $GOOGLE_THING from their websites, docs, etc.



I think Google's commitment to core technologies bucks this trend. Go has been long-lived and received lots of love. AV1/VP8/etc have been evolved and they've continued putting money into them.


AV1 wasn't created by Google. Neither was VP8, although they did release it to the public after acquiring the company that created it.


That's because Google uses Go internally. It's not consumer-facing technology.




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