Google needs to buy Discord, do the gluey bits to integrate it into GSuite, shut down all its other chat offerings, and then let them do their thing.
"Ok, you know our motto, 'Don't be Evil.'?"
Heads nod.
"What if ... what if ... what if we simplify that?"
"How so?"
"Just cut off the first word, 'Be Evil.' Simple, elegant."
"I like it!"
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Jokes aside, I think Google does a pretty good job of keeping the major products steady. Our little cohort on HN isn't a great sample for determining what "major" is.
They've killed off a lot of buds, but they've also killed some great products.
They still haven’t fully closed on their Fitbit acquisition, so I’d expect they’d have a tough hill to climb for a Discord or a Slack.
Relevant XKCD: https://xkcd.com/927/