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1. hbn · 1790861198 · focus · HN ↗

   My pet theory with this move from Chromebooks to Googlebooks is simply that Chromebooks have a major stink on their entire brand reputation, especially in the younger generation that went through school with terrible cheap (and likely used/damaged) Chromebooks being given to them for schoolwork.

   I think if you say "Chromebook" around most 20-something and unders, they have an instant negative association with the word.

   1. fg137 · 1790863495 · focus · HN ↗

      Unfortunately I don't think that's going to work.

      Unless you are the most hardcore Google fan, I don't see why you want to spend $1k on a Googlebook instead of a Windows laptop or MacBook at the same price range.

      1. hbn · 1790864498 · focus · HN ↗

         I was a hardcore Google fan and that's what made me hate them. Trying to invest in their ecosystem is like being in an abusive relationship. They can't commit to anything, so any product you make part of your workflow will be inevitably ripped away from you with an assured promise that the new, blatantly worse thing replacing it is so much better.

         All of their output is entirely dependent on internal product owners using Google products as stepping stones to ladder climb. Once they replaced a product, or did a giant 2.0 revamp, they move on and no one wants to maintain it.

         1. Barbing · 1790865140 · focus · HN ↗

            > They can't commit to anything

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