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Re: Google One

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Post by techsin101 »

malux85 wrote: post #330
kyrra wrote: post #264

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Factually correct, but missing the point entirely. Classic Robot. It's ok Google, I'm not angry, I'm just disappointed. You can go back to relentlessly optimizing the max($) function, but everyone is wising up to you. I'm actually more worried about Amazon, Amazon are an aggressive weed with reaching tendrils, you are more like an aging billionaire, wealthy, unable to innovate, jaded, your spark has gone. Your questi…

Best summary

Re: Google One

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Post by bunnycorn »

bad_user wrote: post #99
shpx wrote: post #73

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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.

And then?

People know what Dropbox is, and people that don't know what Dropbox is, probably aren't going to buy Dropbox.

People don't land on Dropbox.com by chance.

In fact, when describing GDrive ir iCloud Drive or OneDrive, people say "it's like Dropbox".

Re: Google One

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Post by jeisc »

Will the current or future google censor be applied to your access of your data?

If you have any copyrighted material in your data/content without a valid proof of ownership or payment -> censored OR worse prosecuted and racketted to pay?

Re: Google One

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Post by marcodave »

IgorPartola wrote: post #222

Is Google just a prepetual exercise in branding? They create a slightly different product, get it to popularity, kill it, announce a new brand to replace it, rinse, repeat.

I've learned here in HN, that's how you get promoted in Google

Re: Google One

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Post by bmn__ »

dredds wrote: post #159
handzbagz wrote: post #135

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The name Google Plus would have made more sense for this product in my opinion.

And a G+ instant archiving button will be their 'killer' feature in a couple of months. KA-CHING!! Yes, it will even conveniently estimate the exact plan you'll need to purchase in order to store all of your posts, collections, and important communities.

Grab your shit now, and also once every following month until you have fully migrated off.

https://takeout.google.com

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Post by floatingatoll »

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?

They’re both offered by Google.

Re: Google One

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Post by floatingatoll »

nolok wrote: post #101
codebeaker wrote: post #87

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My guess would be a slow introduction of concierge type services linked into their phone AI thing that they launched 6 months ago to great fanfair, and a general move from software service companies (and my bank.) into offering concierge type services in general.

Banks have been doing concierge for ages, if you're at a "expensive enough" level (and it's not as expensive as one first might assume, my bank offers a full concierge service for 10 000€ / year that's basically "it's 2 am and you want something specific and you're wherever, call this number and we'll find it for you"). I don't think tech companies can compete with that; if you want a concierge on retainer you want a…

Founder’s Club is a good example of the mid-tier concierge services, as it exists exclusively to provide concierge-like discounts for a specific demographic target at a significant enough to overcome the “not enough volume” concern that banks face.

These discount services have one critical weakness for most of us: you must spend at least 10x the membership fee each year on compatible services to benefit from the discounts. If you don’t spend at least $2000/year on eligble costs, paying $200/year for discounts rarely makes any sense once you add up the money saved.

Credit cards try to democratize through “points” but the same math applies when comparing to a debit card.

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Post by antaviana »

pacuna wrote: post #254
Beltiras wrote: post #139

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Also: "One" has so bad SEO that Google One does not show up on the first page of Google Search results and OneDrive only on the third page. Google One was not on the first five pages.

I'm sure they'll fix that soon

As of now, it appears on page 1, 6th item.

Re: Google One

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Post by dmix »

microdrum wrote: post #331
dmix wrote: post #313

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This isn't some side project like Wave that they'll cut off. It sounds like a pretty core business. If anything it will get renamed and take on a different form in a couple yrs, but I doubt they'd ever stop offering a cloud service like Drive. But still, this is a very valid point. It's hard to trust any Google service and it's risky to make any significant investment of time structuring your life around them. This i…

I wouldn't be so sure that they won't cut it off. For example, they have already removed the marketing page that people here are making fun of: https://imgur.com/a/xsF1ZX3

Ha, amazing. Not only are they bad at it, they are thin-skinned too.

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Post by Latteland »

mikestew wrote: post #248
pjc50 wrote: post #140

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Ironically OneDrive used to be SkyDrive until Sky sued them. I guess everyone's switching to numbers because words are all trademarked, apart from the phoneme strings generated by the pharma industry.

When Porsche was releasing the 911 back in the 60s, Porsche wanted to name it “901”. Except Peugeot had a trademark on three-digit model numbers with a zero in the middle...

how could you trademark 0s in the middle? All 3 digits one maybe? that would be 9 * 9 = 81 separate trademarks. Seems like it's too comprehensive.

92818181818 0 1. Probably didn't get that, eh!

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