Digital products could have a “finished” state, which is great for users, but bad for companies.
Dropbox could’ve been a finished product in 2012. Simple and focused personal storage solution. But it can’t justify the valuation of Dropbox, the company.
Same for Evernote.
However, could Google be a "finished" product at some point (e.g., 2000)? Probably not. When google was incorporated in 1998, they indexed only 25 million web pages. As the number of web pages grows exponentially, Google as a product needs to evolve, e.g., doing a better job to fight web spams / blackhat seos... The problem is that the web evolves way faster than Google could improve their search result relevance.
Dropbox could’ve been a finished product in 2012. Simple and focused personal storage solution. But it can’t justify the valuation of Dropbox, the company.
Same for Evernote.
However, could Google be a "finished" product at some point (e.g., 2000)? Probably not. When google was incorporated in 1998, they indexed only 25 million web pages. As the number of web pages grows exponentially, Google as a product needs to evolve, e.g., doing a better job to fight web spams / blackhat seos... The problem is that the web evolves way faster than Google could improve their search result relevance.