Comment by harles
17 hours ago
That’s a pretty uncharitable take. Given the scale of their recent launches and amount of compute to make them work, it seems incredibly smooth. Edge cases always arise, and all the company/teams can really do is be responsive - which is exactly why I see happening.
A company with a literal embedded payment processor, including subscription services for half of all mobile users can't manage to take payments for their own public facing services seems like a huge fucking failure to me.
Especially for software developer and tech influencer focused markets.
It’s a sign that getting the product out took priority over getting paid for it.
Take that how you will.
Why should the scale of their recent launches be a given? Who is requiring this release schedule?
the market
If it's a strategic decision, then its impacts should be weighed in full. Not just the positives.
We're talking about Google right? You think they need a level of charity for a launch? I've read it all at this point.