Rather than producing a few world-class products, Google produces hundreds of mediocre products that only seem world-class because they have the shiny Google logo on them.
Honestly, Google is probably doing the right thing cleaning up all these products, but they'll just introduce new ones. Meanwhile, my confidence and attitude towards Google erodes every day.
I would argue that if you limit their competitors in the space to free versions (for products which Google offers free), they ARE world class.
The problem is in the intervening years since that, competitors have also gone free, or prices have dropped enough that it's easier to make a comparison between the Google free product and the competitor with a nominal fee.
Honestly, Google is probably doing the right thing cleaning up all these products, but they'll just introduce new ones. Meanwhile, my confidence and attitude towards Google erodes every day.
You get what you pay for.
