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The only thing that can stop Google is Google. Somehow every bet that isn't Search doesn't pan out. And inexplicably, they're working hard to kill Search now. As a shareholder, I hope they succeed. But I am more pessimistic about it than you.


And they missed multiple waves of effectively building on their own in house research.


Reminds me of Xerox Parc vs. Apple. Building successful products is hard.




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