The claim was that Google was moving away from products with a "relaxed attitude about making money", not "amazing, never done before", and the examples show they aren't.
until Google pulls the plug. That's the point.
Google has always done that. I don't understand where the rose colored glasses about Schmidt's time come from.
Self driving cars, like this http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-57367893-71/a-self-driving... or http://money.cnn.com/2013/01/04/autos/toyota-self-driving-ca... or http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2416535,00.asp ?
Tell me what's so amazing, never done before, about Glass? Google is seeing ads there.
Fiber and WIFI, while extremely limited in geography* and are great, until Google pulls the plug. That's the point.
*There's no "Free wifi in NYC from Google", just in a tiny neighborhood.