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Re: Google One

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Post by ianhowson »

tk75x wrote: post #259
remus wrote: post #144

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The pricing is interesting when you compare it to G Suite pricing. For $10/user/month (with a minimum of 5 users) you get unlimited storage space. a pretty roundabout way of getting unlimited storage, but then you'd also save yourself $150/month or $1.8k/year

Split the cost with 4 other like-minded individuals and all of a sudden you're paying $10/month for all the benefits.

They're not enforcing the storage limit for <5 person accounts, either. My wife and I have GSuite+storage for $10/mo each and I've got about 4TB in my Drive right now.

Re: Google One

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Post by ProAm »

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…

> + Customer Service

My skeptical meter just went off the charts.

Re: Google One

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Post by dmix »

kyrra wrote: post #264
malux85 wrote: post #123

Consolidation 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…

To quote Google's code of conduct as it exists today: > And remember… don’t be evil, and if you see something that you think isn’t right – speak up! https://abc.xyz/investor/other/google-code-of-conduct/ Media headlines from the time gave the impression that it was removed, which was absolutely false.

Strange, I remember one person who spoke up at Google with what he believed was a legitimate problem and was subsequently tarred, feathered, and fired. Sets a good precedent for this culture they're promoting.

Re: Google One

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Post by arbitrage »

Hey Google ... I know you're here, looking for how this is going to go over.

It seems like a nice idea. I'm not on board with any new Google platform unless I have some sort of assurance that you're just not going to kill this off in two years, or let it suffer a slow death of neglect and attrition.

Thanks, but you need to grow up a bit, Google.

Re: Google One

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Post by dmix »

Is there any new software released with this for syncing/uploading all of your files to Google One?

Edit: looks like they only have a web app for desktop and only have an app for Android, no iPhone support yet: https://one.google.com/faq/google-one-app

Without syncing like MEGASync or Dropbox (even if it's only one way uploading) this is pretty useless as a central repository.

Re: Google One

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Post by o_____________o »

kyrra wrote: post #264
malux85 wrote: post #123

Consolidation 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…

To quote Google's code of conduct as it exists today: > And remember… don’t be evil, and if you see something that you think isn’t right – speak up! https://abc.xyz/investor/other/google-code-of-conduct/ Media headlines from the time gave the impression that it was removed, which was absolutely false.

Virtue signaling in a generic slogan all but guarantees the peanut gallery has a petty grenade to throw at you for the rest of time.

Google does something unfavorable: "don't be evil, HUH?"

Google takes away the slogan: "so now you're evil, HUH?"

Re: Google One

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Post by dmix »

Yizahi wrote: post #273
skybrian wrote: post #238

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't really get why people assume they're chaotic evil rather than lawful evil. This is a large company with lots of lawyers. Modulo bugs, they're going to make sure anything they do is covered by the privacy policy rather than leave an opening to be sued. So the answer is that I would trust that it (mostly) doesn't happen if the legal terms say it won't.

It is not illegal to spy on users, you just need to call it "metadata".

And as long as it has a warrant for one individual + multiple hops from that person you potentially legally sweep up hundreds/thousands of other innocent people's information - often full bore, not just metadata.

Re: Google One

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Post by azinman2 »

will_brown wrote: post #177
spyckie2 wrote: post #78

"Google One" suffers from designer in a box syndrome. It's probably a great internal name - hey, we've been providing storage for photos, email, docs, drive, and more, for over a decade, and we've finally integrated that storage into one space, so let's call it Google one! It's a great name - simple and powerful, symbolizes the effort and direction we've taken in the past 5-10 years of integrating our consumer, day t…

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

“One” is very trendy right now.

Re: Google One

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Post by dmix »

aaronharnly wrote: post #100
tmoravec wrote: post #77

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How on Earth are hotel discounts related to cloud storage?

Yeah, the hotel benefits creep me out. At first glance, it’s an iCloud-like storage plan, fine. But reading more and finding the hotel benefits makes me think “oh right, Google wants to track everything I do online and offline and sell my info to advertisers.”

Yep it creates a direct connection between a cloud service and what you type in Google search box. That... seems strange. It make it sound like a repository for all of your data/activity on all Google services not just, you know, the data you upload to their cloud service.
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