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Re: Google One

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Post by callalex » Fri, Dec 14, 2018, 9:19 AM UTC

bad_user wrote: post #99

shpx wrote: post #73

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Compare with https://www.dropbox.com/

Is Dropbox supposed to be a better example? I find their homepage horrible. " Dropbox is a modern workspace " " Keep everything organized without breaking your flow " I don't understand why these companies feel the need to describe their services in this way.

Because valuation of a software company doesn't come from the products they offer, nor the current user base with credit cards on file. It comes from a perceived potential growth/platform/network effect so all of these companies have to pretend that they will someday be a panopticon that commands your entire life in order to keep that sweet VC money flowing in even if they just repackage s3 with a nice client.

Re: Google One

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Post by Al-Khwarizmi » Fri, Dec 14, 2018, 9:21 AM UTC

onlyrealcuzzo wrote: post #9

pstuart wrote: post #4

That landing page was too busy and did a weak job at selling what "one" was if it's really more than a cheaper drop box. Expert access for $1.99/mo? Huh?

By the end of the page, I wasn't even sure what "one" is.

Thanks, I thought I was dumb for feeling exactly the same after seeing the page.

Is it that hard to include a sentence of the form "$PRODUCT is..." somewhere?

Re: Google One

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Post by PunchTornado » Fri, Dec 14, 2018, 9:23 AM UTC

joosters wrote: post #60

ndnxhs wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It seems to be google drive but with paid support.

That seems unclear. You get access to google ‘experts’, but they don’t sound like employees to me.

oh, are they chat bots?

Re: Google One

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Post by kmlx » Fri, Dec 14, 2018, 9:25 AM UTC

Insanity wrote: post #88

Kind of related, I was recentl thinking about making some backups of valuable (emotionally speaking) things like wedding pictures. Currently they are backed up on my local machine and my server, but was considering cloud options. My wife does use Google Drive (paid account w/ Chromebook) but I don't feel that comfortable with Google things. Does anyone have good alternatives that perhaps respect privacy? :)

I wouldn't dismiss Google. I personally use both Google Drive and GSuite. The ability to search inside the files of your whole library (documents/pdfs/videos) is very useful, while the integration of gmail + Drive + Docs bumps your productivity.

Re: Google One

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Post by IIAOPSW » Fri, Dec 14, 2018, 9:26 AM UTC

tmoravec wrote: post #77

floatingatoll wrote: post #3

Their support site is far more valuable than the landing page. From the main support index at https://support.google.com/googleone/ here are various tidbits of useful content that the surrounding HN comments wished for (sorry, none describe the "expert help" available): "Get Google One": https://support.google.com/googleone/answer/9004013 > With Google One, you get more storage, help from experts, and extra member be…

How on Earth are hotel discounts related to cloud storage?

hotels are cloud storage for people?

Re: Google One

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Post by nolok » Fri, Dec 14, 2018, 9:26 AM UTC

sigi45 wrote: post #71

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?

alone the 2tb at $10/mo is what me annoys way more. I need 1tb of space for my images but having to pay $10 makes me feel strange (yes it is relativly cheap and i can afford it) but this non linearity is probably here because of some mix calculation they are doing.

They're not doing mix calculation they're aligning themselves to the market, aka Dropbox, while doubling the space offered.

Re: Google One

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Post by Jaruzel » Fri, Dec 14, 2018, 9:29 AM UTC

I've just tried to share this link to a friend over WhatsApp. WhatsApp will NOT show a link preview for it, like it does for all other URLs.

Is WhatsApp blocking link previews for Google services?

Re: Google One

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Post by callalex » Fri, Dec 14, 2018, 9:31 AM UTC

Jaruzel wrote: post #117

I've just tried to share this link to a friend over WhatsApp. WhatsApp will NOT show a link preview for it, like it does for all other URLs. Is WhatsApp blocking link previews for Google services?

No, it's just a poorly constructed website that doesn't have any machine-readable summary, and doesn't even conform to their own guidelines about machine-readable summaries. At least the marketing page for this product gives you a realistic impression of how the customer experience will be...

Re: Google One

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Post by unixhero » Fri, Dec 14, 2018, 9:33 AM UTC

Okay. Another product they will sunset after 5 3-8 years.

Re: Google One

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Post by pjc50 » Fri, Dec 14, 2018, 9:35 AM UTC

kmlx wrote: post #114

Insanity wrote: post #88

Kind of related, I was recentl thinking about making some backups of valuable (emotionally speaking) things like wedding pictures. Currently they are backed up on my local machine and my server, but was considering cloud options. My wife does use Google Drive (paid account w/ Chromebook) but I don't feel that comfortable with Google things. Does anyone have good alternatives that perhaps respect privacy? :)

I wouldn't dismiss Google. I personally use both Google Drive and GSuite. The ability to search inside the files of your whole library (documents/pdfs/videos) is very useful, while the integration of gmail + Drive + Docs bumps your productivity.

How does it achieve searching inside photos and videos? Have they been fed to the machine classifier so that if I enter "Poland" it will try to show me my holiday photos from there?