Google is rebranding storage plans as “Google One”

Post by wlesieutre » Mon, May 14, 2018, 8:18 PM UTC

donald123 wrote: post #90

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…

If this is really the case, then I would say the name sucks. It's hard to know what 'Google One' means from just the name. And there is 'Android One', which is designed for low-end devices, it would really confuse people when they talk about android one, google one. I can see more people will refer it as "google one drive", and microsoft also has its "One Drive", that's even more confusing to all the average users.

Post by chias » Mon, May 14, 2018, 8:22 PM UTC

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…

Post by amoorthy » Mon, May 14, 2018, 8:47 PM UTC

Post by [deleted] » Mon, May 14, 2018, 8:48 PM UTC

Spearchucker wrote: post #137

icebraining wrote: post #128

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Which Google services haven't lasted years? The only one I can think of is Wave, and that was pretty experimental.

Not so much about how long they've lasted, it's about products being EOL'd with no recourse. And there are many! Like zeitgeist, wave, sidewiki, aardvark, pagecreator, reader, Talk, iGoogle, Buzz, Picnic.

Post by cpeterso » Mon, May 14, 2018, 8:51 PM UTC

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.