>Surely the people working at Google understand how all these shutdowns look to outsiders, right? I have to imagine so… they’re smart people, and a ton of them lurk here on HN.

Surely the people on Hackrnews understand that no one outside of tech enthusiasts even knows about this, right? I have to imagine so... they're smart people and surely sometimes interact with regular people in real life?!

But on a more serious note: none of these projects have ever had any traction. That's why they're killed!

Try asking anyone who's not in tech but does play videogames what Stadia is. You'll soon find out why it's axed.