Why hasn't Google shipped a Muse-like app? The answer may lie in Steve Yegge's 2011 G+ rant
generativist · x · 2026-09-20
A discussion notes Google still hasn't shipped a Muse-like AI app with connectors, despite owning Gmail, Chrome, Android and half the internet's identity layer. In response, users point to Steve Yegge's famous 2011 Google+ platform rant — his critique of Google's platform blindness and internal silos remains strikingly relevant to today's AI integration debate.
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