from what I hear, Stadia is still the best streaming service from a technical and infrastructure POV, it’s just that Google had a shitty business model to sell you on it and they overpromised. Absolutely no one was asking for 4K streaming when competitors were still figuring out 1080p and being conservative with their approach.
And as usual, when shit hits the fan and if the venture doesn’t work out immediately, Google just pulls the fucking plug. There’s a whole website dedicate to stuff Google’s killed over the years now, it’s crazy. Imagine if MS gave up on Xbox in 2016-2017 and went the route of Sega or whatever. Instead they evolved their very philosophy and offering and are now heading into a generation strong with 23 and growing studios. That required leadership and resolve, something Phil and Satya had to figure out and put their foot down on. Google didn’t have that, they had Phil Harrison instead, someone associated with two horrible console launches that almost killed both of em (PS3 and XBone).
Google didn’t support Stadia enough and fucked over its developers by killing the first party division so soon. But at least, now they seem to have come to grips with what Stadia’s true strengths are and pivoting the business to being a B2B tech provider instead which is IMO the best case scenario now for Stadia to survive and thrive.