On this week’s episode of Screaming in the Cloud, Corey Quinn sits down with the incredible Cody Odgen, software developer and creator of Killed by Google. Corey and Cody discuss Google’s graveyard of products, how discontinuing offerings creates a feeling of distrust amongst your customers, and why Google lacks the hunger needed to create an amazing generative AI tool. Corey shares his take on killed products from an AWS perspective while Cody draws comparisons between late’90s Microsoft and today’s Google, suggesting a decline in quality could be on the horizon for the cloud giant.

Highlights

(00:00) Intro

(00:36) Ad - Panoptica

(01:17) The Google Graveyard: Discussing Killed Services

(02:11) AWS vs. Google: Service Termination Practices

(03:17) AI Overload at Google Cloud Next

(05:44) The Impact of Google's Decisions on Trust and Business

(11:26) The Stadia Shutdown: A Case Study in Trust Erosion

(14:11) Ad - Panoptica

(14:34) The Ripple Effects of Google's Service Closures

(18:50) The Importance of Longevity and Trust in Tech

(23:25) Comparing Cloud Giants: Google, Amazon, and Microsoft

(27:54) Closing Thoughts on Corporate Responsibility and Culture

(28:48) Wrapping Up and Where to Find More

Links:
Website: Killedbygoogle.com

Twitter/X: @killedbygoogle

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