I don’t want to defend Google’s business practices, but this is such a trite comment someone always feels compelled to post on anything about Google, including even a research paper, apparently.
It's a very relevant comment. It tells you to not rely, or expect further development, on any new Google technology, even seemingly good ones, as it can go to the graveyard like many others.
I don't bother to post the comment, but the high likelihood of any Google project/product being killed within a year or two is absolutely the first thought I have whenever a new Google project/product is announced (not because of HN posts, but because of their history), so good job on that Google.
I'll argue it's not trite. It's a concise compilation of the thousands of teeth-gnashing comments here on HN and all over the internet whenever Google randomly drowns another one of its children.
Just fucking stay away from Google products. Period.
First of all it isn't a product. It's a f*king research paper. Like dozens other showing up on HN every day. Most of them never becomes a product.
Second of all, by whining nauseously you drown out discussions on the merits of the technology, and chase people away. I hardly read Google news on HN now precisely because of that reason. Imagine if "Attention is all your need" came out now? [0]
Save your complaint for when Google makes it a product.
>Save your complaint for when Google makes it a product.
or save yourself the trouble and find alternatives to big-G.
It's entirely their own fault that people now view all Google news as temporary and fleeting. People don't want to put time into things that'll get thrown away in a year.
Reading G research papers seems like a shortcut to me, know what will be thrown away in 2 years before it's a valid product in 1 year and someone gets huckleberry'd into devoting time and effort into implementing the dead-product-walking API.
> It's entirely their own fault that people now view all Google news as temporary and fleeting. People don't want to put time into things that'll get thrown away in a year.
Most of research don’t become their own products, from Google or anyone else. As a research project they still have values, unless you are saying Google research is garbage because they get into the habit of canceling their products.
> or save yourself the trouble and find alternatives to big-G
Totally valid point. No need to complain about it in a post about Google research though. It’s tiresome.
