That's a silly argument and shows a complete misunderstanding, or at least naive view, of product development.
Security, uptime and profitability are all table stakes. Not priorities.
Google+ just went from table stakes to priority #2.
Security, uptime and profitability are all table stakes. Not priorities.
Google+ just went from table stakes to priority #2.
Google didn't know who you were, who you followed, who you shared with, and so Google+ looked a lot like a product to you.
No silo of Google gets to choose whether to be secure or not or what level of scalability or whether they'll decide to be profitable or not.
Not all products that a company offers need social integration.