I’d haven’t really considered this angle, but if ChatGPT is an existential threat to Google search, we’re probably going to see signs that Google is ignoring even more if these side projects.
All these dead products could have been creating a revenue moat against the fall of ad revenue and the onset of a competitor. But they pissed away decades of innovation through poor product management, bad incentives, and such hubris like the world has never seen.
We’re seeing Google reap what they have sowed. What a waste.
