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Google’s “20% time,” which brought you Gmail and AdSense, is now as good as dead

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581 points antr | 1 comments | 16 Aug 13 12:09 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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nerfhammer ◴[16 Aug 13 19:01 UTC] No.6226063[source]▶
Killing Reader -- something no engineer would ever do -- was already proof that the engineers are no longer in charge
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1. sgustard ◴[16 Aug 13 21:41 UTC] No.6226886[source]▶
Would they approve a 20% project that aims to bring back Reader? Or would you be able to work on that without approval? Just seems like a lot of politics would be tied up in what people choose to work on.