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From what I’ve heard from former Google staff, it’s primarily as a result of Google has a bizarre incentive construction for its engineers which places the entire weight on launching new merchandise, however not bettering, sustaining, or sustaining these merchandise. For most Google engineers, the one option to advance one’s profession is to be a part of the launch (or main overhaul) of some product (e.g. Google Glass, Stadia, Google+, and so forth.).

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The extra merchandise an engineer is a part of launching, the better it’s to get promoted, get pay will increase, and advance one’s profession. There’s no profit to staying on, so the formidable engineers will solely stick round till the product launch counts towards their promotion cycle, then abandon the challenge shortly after to affix up with one other product that’s nonetheless in growth. The former Google engineers known as this the LPA cycle – Launch, Promo, Abandon. This can be why so many Google merchandise cease receiving significant post-launch updates. Most of the engineering staff has deserted the product. It actually doesn’t have a lot to do with Stadia in particular.

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