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The problem I have with Google tech, especially after the new Nest stuff has to come to light, is that there's no guarantee they'll support it for very long. It's entirely possible that I'll incorporate this into my workflow, just for Google to kill it off a year later.
You can say the same for every early-stage startups since most of them die anyway.
The problem I have with Google tech, especially after the new Nest stuff has to come to light, is that there's no guarantee they'll support it for very long. It's entirely possible that I'll incorporate this into my workflow, just for Google to kill it off a year later.
The problem I have with Google tech, especially after the new Nest stuff has to come to light, is that there's no guarantee they'll support it for very long. It's entirely possible that I'll incorporate this into my workflow, just for Google to kill it off a year later.
Out of curiosity, but what's your gold standard for companies that sustain services over time? Or is your suspicion scoped to free services, of which Google has dropped a number of well-liked but non-revenue-generating services? For their most popular products...I've found them to be pretty stable...little apps I've created using their Javascript mapping still function even though I knew so little about JS back then.…
My rule of thumb for buying technology nowadays is: Can I use it on my "air gapped to the Internet" network at home?
1) The tagging feature of the images you save. They are prominently displaying an "Add Tags" button when you save an image. I see tons of free nourishment being generated for their deep learning systems to digest.
2) It's just another way they will be able to gain more capital from you, Mr/Ms Google user. Do you like saving pictures of that hot band all the kids are talking about? Here's an advertisement for tickets to their upcoming concert. Are you tagging photos of homes because a move may be in your future? Here's an advertisement for mortgages. Etc.
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Out of curiosity, but what's your gold standard for companies that sustain services over time? Or is your suspicion scoped to free services, of which Google has dropped a number of well-liked but non-revenue-generating services? For their most popular products...I've found them to be pretty stable...little apps I've created using their Javascript mapping still function even though I knew so little about JS back then.…
Step one: Make it self-hostable with zero requirement to connect back to the company. My rule of thumb for buying technology nowadays is: Can I use it on my "air gapped to the Internet" network at home?
The problem I have with Google tech, especially after the new Nest stuff has to come to light, is that there's no guarantee they'll support it for very long. It's entirely possible that I'll incorporate this into my workflow, just for Google to kill it off a year later.
I'd argue that Photos will be an exception. But I'm also arguably a fan boy.
I'm sticking with Pocket. Google Saves is the equivalent of Google Keep. (I also use Evernote)
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Out of curiosity, but what's your gold standard for companies that sustain services over time? Or is your suspicion scoped to free services, of which Google has dropped a number of well-liked but non-revenue-generating services? For their most popular products...I've found them to be pretty stable...little apps I've created using their Javascript mapping still function even though I knew so little about JS back then.…
Step one: Make it self-hostable with zero requirement to connect back to the company. My rule of thumb for buying technology nowadays is: Can I use it on my "air gapped to the Internet" network at home?
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/11/beware-of-ads-tha...