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Re: Google One

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Post by sudhirj »

gamegoblin wrote: post #32

Does the pricing make sense to anyone? 2TB is is $10/mo but 20TB is $200/mo. That means on a per-TB basis, the bigger plan is 2x as expensive. And then the 30TB is 2x as expensive as 20TB. Aren't things usually cheaper when you buy bulk?

They're trying to discourage large amounts of data in a single account, probably because the solution is currently engineered to scale in O(cN), where c > 1. Can't think of any other reason. If the engineering scales O(logN), you'd see linear pricing as a way to make a killing in bulk.

Re: Google One

#42

Post by bad_user »

gamegoblin wrote: post #32

Does the pricing make sense to anyone? 2TB is is $10/mo but 20TB is $200/mo. That means on a per-TB basis, the bigger plan is 2x as expensive. And then the 30TB is 2x as expensive as 20TB. Aren't things usually cheaper when you buy bulk?

Not necessarily. Many people pay for 2 TB without actually needing 2 TB. I currently pay for Dropbox Pro, which has 2 TB of space available, but I'm only using 300 GB. I'm pretty sure that at this point people going over 500 GB are a tiny minority.

When you pay for 30 TB on the other hand, you probably need it, so their actual cost might be reflected well in that price. This is basically the long tail effect, so when you optimize the price for the majority, price increases are not linear.

Re: Google One

#43

Post by ahofmann »

sharmi wrote: post #16

Google One = Google Drive + more space + Customer Service for around $2 a month. Customer Service is not called Customer Service but Google Experts. What does this mean for actual service? The thing I like/jumps out for me is no compressing of images. That is one of the reasons I decided to go with Backblaze for backup. I would still stay with backblaze as I am not so confident about Google keeping the product around…

> I have managed to setup a upload workflow for Backblaze on my linux machine without going through a browser.

Would it be possible for you to share your way of doing this? I would be very interested in B2 access without browser.

Re: Google One

#44

Post by casefields »

fitzroy wrote: post #23
amingilani wrote: post #5

I'm confused. What is it? A storage bump? Paid support? A discount plan? A consolidation of all these offerings from different places into one home? This is such a bad landing page. I have more questions than answers.

It’s an endless loop of ‘click here for pricing’ that goes to a page that doesn’t have pricing info and says to click another link for pricing...

Thank god, I’m not going crazy.

Re: Google One

#45

Post by sudhirj »

bdibs wrote: post #39
gamegoblin wrote: post #32

Does the pricing make sense to anyone? 2TB is is $10/mo but 20TB is $200/mo. That means on a per-TB basis, the bigger plan is 2x as expensive. And then the 30TB is 2x as expensive as 20TB. Aren't things usually cheaper when you buy bulk?

That’s usually the case, however they’re pricing for value, not some simple linear increase. A business that needs 100TB (or whatever) has more to spend, and is much less sensitive to price.

Think this is a personal product, they have Google Apps or Suite or Drive or whatever for businesses.

Re: Google One

#46

Post by omeid2 »

ohazi wrote: post #30

Everyone is so busy asking "what even is this?" that they're forgetting to ask the more typical question about a new Google product - "will this still be around next year?"

I think one way to stop people asking "when will this be closed down?" is to keep them wondering "what is this?".

Re: Google One

#47

Post by Matthias247 »

gamegoblin wrote: post #32

Does the pricing make sense to anyone? 2TB is is $10/mo but 20TB is $200/mo. That means on a per-TB basis, the bigger plan is 2x as expensive. And then the 30TB is 2x as expensive as 20TB. Aren't things usually cheaper when you buy bulk?

Typically. I guess this one has something to do with the target market. 2TB/10$ is still a reasonable offer for individuals. 100$/month would already be rather an offer for companies, and those might not care if it's 200 instead.

Re: Google One

#48

Post by ronilan »

sudhirj wrote: post #41
gamegoblin wrote: post #32

Does the pricing make sense to anyone? 2TB is is $10/mo but 20TB is $200/mo. That means on a per-TB basis, the bigger plan is 2x as expensive. And then the 30TB is 2x as expensive as 20TB. Aren't things usually cheaper when you buy bulk?

They're trying to discourage large amounts of data in a single account, probably because the solution is currently engineered to scale in O(cN), where c > 1. Can't think of any other reason. If the engineering scales O(logN), you'd see linear pricing as a way to make a killing in bulk.

“Never attribute to big O notation that which is adequately explained by an Excel error.” —- some razor

Re: Google One

#49

Post by adjkant »

bad_user wrote: post #37

Google One is finally available in my country, although I was hoping for YouTube Premium, which isn't available yet. Things to note: 1. Google's Drive File Stream is still not available for normal accounts, only for GSuite — I wonder why, because Backup and Sync is pretty shitty, at least on Macs 2. GSuite Business costs per user about the same price as Google One's 2 TB plan and you get essentially unlimited storage…

I think you answered your own question - it's not targeting power users.

IMO it's targeting a few groups:

- Grandpa who wants to see all the family photos and is not completely behind technically

- Grandpa's kids who are tired of being tech support for him and also probably have lots of photos they would happily store with Google

- Generally, people 30-50 who want simple "just works" tech and probably will use the hotel discounts

Re: Google One

#50

Post by bad_user »

How does sharing of space work?

Say if you get the 2 TB plan, will each family member get 2 TB, or will that 2 TB be shared between all family members?

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