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?
Come on
Google One
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#202Scrolled down the home page and have no idea what the product is. Is this a rebrand of google drive?
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#203So looking from a single private user's perspective: Google One has best pricing, but no Linux native client and Dropbox has Linux native client and no flexible pricing.
Dropbox is ext4 only, which led me to drop Dropbox entirely. Not that I was a heavy user, but I've moved to self-hosted nextcloud which has been mostly fine.
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It’s also a straight rip off of a name from Microsoft...who produces the product Xbox One Not unlike how Google became alphabet which seems influenced by *Amazon A to Z
Strange analogy, surely it would have to be ripping off a product called ‘Microsoft One’
I mean, microsoft's storage solution is called onedrive. That's pretty damn similar.
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#206Consolidation of the services is nice, but I feel like this is just getting creepier and creepier. It’s like “put your entire digital existence onto our platform” Oh and by the way took “don’t be evil” out. Now give us all of your data, look at this beautiful UI! Sorry Google, I don’t trust you anymore, I used to love you, it used to be about the ideals and ideas, but now avarice has possessed and consumed you. No th…
They could win privacy-conscious users back by offering an ad and tracking free Google experience with the paid plans.
Would anyone trust them to not silently still collect personal data?
For example, even if they don't need the data now because you're paying not to see ads, they might still collect it so that they can show you "better" ads if/when you stop paying.
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#207Earlier quoted context omitted.
Strange analogy, surely it would have to be ripping off a product called ‘Microsoft One’
Well it’s not an analogy. It’s just stealing a product name from a competitor, it really doesn’t matter if the products aren’t in the same space. If Google created Google Windows and the product wasn’t an OS, it’s still a rip off right? It’s one thing when it’s Apple/google maps because it’s a generic and descriptive mark, but One? Should have just gone full stop Google Windows.
If we are going down this road, Microsoft copied HTC, who not only had a product called "One" but also ones called "One S" and "One X"
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#208Earlier quoted context omitted.
Strange analogy, surely it would have to be ripping off a product called ‘Microsoft One’
Well it’s not an analogy. It’s just stealing a product name from a competitor, it really doesn’t matter if the products aren’t in the same space. If Google created Google Windows and the product wasn’t an OS, it’s still a rip off right? It’s one thing when it’s Apple/google maps because it’s a generic and descriptive mark, but One? Should have just gone full stop Google Windows.
So any name sharing a word with someone else's name is a ripoff. OK.
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This is actually a valid use case and some of my friends desire exactly that from them - i.e., all Google's smarts, without the tracking part (for individuals). I think they'll find a lot of customers willing to pay a good amount for that.
GSuite?
I hoped it would be that coveted product, but there is not enough clarity on that at least to me. Do they say somewhere that they do not track you at all if you take their GSuite?
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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.
But that's a customer landing page, not "investors" page