> Google literally invented the boat (transformers) to be fair.

Isn’t that more damming for Google?

Invent the boat, don’t know how to use it, abandon it, then someone else comes along and steals your boat.

I think most of Google's deep research projects were done in the pursuit of pure science, not monetization or productization. In hindsight sure, it looks like they missed an opportunity. But not everything needs to be about money.