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Google is rebranding storage plans as “Google One”

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Re: Google is rebranding storage plans as “Google One”

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Post by lstamour »

hs86 wrote: post #47
lumoon wrote: post #2

Dropbox down 4% today so far.

They introduced a second 1 TB plan for twice the price with questionable added value except for Smart Sync and their offerings with more storage space are only made for teams. Maybe it is time for me to switch away from Dropbox? Previously, one of the main advantages of Dropbox was their reliable sync client but this attribute is fading away: When I do many little file operations on Windows (npm, TeX Live), I expect…

I haven't received obscure python error messages in awhile... but then that was because I switched to odrive as a sync client, about two years back. Really, Google Drive the website and storage service are both amazing, but the client apps? Not so much... At least they've a clear API (fourth gen now?) so third party apps are easily supported.

Re: Google is rebranding storage plans as “Google One”

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Post by bb88 »

tmd83 wrote: post #48
bb88 wrote: post #30

So wasabi (a Gdrive competitor) dropped their egress fees. So it's just $4.99/TB flat rate. It doesn't surprise me that google wants to change it's pricing structure.

That seem really cheap doesn't it?

You still have the egress fees if you're using another cloud provider. But as a general drive solution with an S3 clone, yeah it does seem possible.

Re: Google is rebranding storage plans as “Google One”

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Post by OrwellianChild »

ianstormtaylor wrote: post #63

I think this article is missing the bigger picture—this isn't about storage. This is Google trying to copy the success of Amazon Prime. They're going to try to unify lots of different benefits under a single, high-value subscription. The storage plans and priority support are just the first benefit they've tied to the subscription. > In addition to access to experts, the company also promises to provide subscribers w…

I agree that this definitely looks like the play - Google's "Prime" service. I only hope that they choose a more reasonable strategy for migrating users to it as they expand features. YouTube Red can become part of a Google One tier for new users with older users grandfathered. Integration of existing user bases can happen later.

Storage is a cheap benefit to provide for the average user who won't use it all. YouTube Red is already $9.99 - just add the 2TB Drive option for free and starting selling everyone on the Google One branding. Please don't screw this up?

Re: Google is rebranding storage plans as “Google One”

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Post by l9k »

eganist wrote: post #64
bachmeier wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"One" is not a name, it's a number. It's also "Google One" so it's hard to see an argument that someone would see this as a Microsoft offering.

Microsoft OneDrive Google One ... Both in storage? That's a massive trademark dispute waiting to happen. People will easily start assuming OneDrive refers to Google's offering and confuse the hell out of them.

Moreover, adding to the confusion, it is (Google) ONE for (Google) DRIVE

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Post by abakker »

lossolo wrote: post #37
crazygringo wrote: post #11

> free one-tap access to Google Experts for help with any Google consumer product and service. This is huge . Together with having removed ads that scanned your e-mail from consumer Gmail, it looks like Google's consumer offerings could actually be changing course from "you're the product" to "you're the customer" -- or at least be giving you the choice. Of course, you could always get a single-seat G Suite for busin…

There is always a reason for everything with Google. They didn't provide support for years. Considering what they showed lately with restaurant booking, what I think is actually happening is that Google want a huge data set for support calls/chats to use it as training data for their ML systems. Then they will present fully featured customer support product based on ML.

This was my first thought as well. Not a bad way to go about it, too. Maybe they'll get some data about which knowledge base articles aren't helpful, too.

Re: Google is rebranding storage plans as “Google One”

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Post by reaperducer »

bomb199 wrote: post #14
crazygringo wrote: post #11

> free one-tap access to Google Experts for help with any Google consumer product and service. This is huge . Together with having removed ads that scanned your e-mail from consumer Gmail, it looks like Google's consumer offerings could actually be changing course from "you're the product" to "you're the customer" -- or at least be giving you the choice. Of course, you could always get a single-seat G Suite for busin…

I'm more curious - as someone who works in Cloud Support - what kind of "Experts" we are talking about here. The Google product space is massive.

One tap does't mean much if I have to wait on hold for 45 minutes and get transferred seven times.

Re: Google is rebranding storage plans as “Google One”

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Post by garblegarble »

mkirklions wrote: post #62
abalone wrote: post #38

Missing context: this is catching up to last year's iCloud pricing (200GB for $2.99, 2TB for $9.99). Not sure how the new support feature compares to free/paid Apple support options. Not a lot of details on it yet.

Following up on this question of cost per TB. Not trying to shill this crypto(because I dont know if it really works). But this crypto claims to be selling 1TB/2$/mo https://siastats.info/storage_pricing So is Sia coin actually cheaper than these big players? Or are there hidden fees?

>because I dont know if it really works

Sounds like you have your answer?

Re: Google is rebranding storage plans as “Google One”

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Post by srathi »

ianstormtaylor wrote: post #63

I think this article is missing the bigger picture—this isn't about storage. This is Google trying to copy the success of Amazon Prime. They're going to try to unify lots of different benefits under a single, high-value subscription. The storage plans and priority support are just the first benefit they've tied to the subscription. > In addition to access to experts, the company also promises to provide subscribers w…

I wish that they somehow include the Youtube Red or equivalent in the same Google One plan. I'm willing to pay $5-10/month for it.

Re: Google is rebranding storage plans as “Google One”

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Post by OrwellianChild »

pgt wrote: post #68

The naive name for this product bundling would be Google Bundle, GBundle, but that would rub regulators the wrong way. The first rule of UX and branding is: don't make me think. Using a digit in a brand name is a question mark, just like Google Plus. Or was it Google+? It gets in the way of the meat of your message. Why would Google would rub up against Microsoft OneDrive with Google (One?) Drive? Is it going to be G…

I understand the potential confusion, but do you think this has hurt the Xbox One adoption? I think it's probably possible to execute a "One" branding correctly, provided it gives the users a sort of "universal" experience ala Prime.

Re: Google is rebranding storage plans as “Google One”

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Post by l9k »

_sdegutis wrote: post #61
throwaway40483 wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's even worse. They already have something called Android One. I'm sure this won't cause any confusion.

And MS has Xbox One. What's with all the 1s?

What about the people who manage their 1&1 server from their OnePlus One?
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