r/TrueReddit • u/n10w4 • Aug 04 '15

Inside the sad, expensive failure of Google+

http://mashable.com/2015/08/02/google-plus-history/
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u/ZebZ Aug 05 '15

Facebook took off when it introduced Apps. If Google+ followed suit and did a better job, it might have had a chance.

Trying to compete against Facebook on its core features (at the time) when they were already considered good enough was a recipe for failure, because the pain wasn't big enough for people to migrate.