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Google Blew a Ten-Year Lead

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Re: Google Blew a Ten-Year Lead

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Post by emp_ »

PhearTheCeal wrote: post #8

For Google Translate you should check out DeepL https://www.deepl.com/translator It's absolutely insane, blows GT right out of the water with its accuracy.

I just pasted a few conversations from whatsapp in portuguese and at least for that language google translate was 10x more accurate on the meaning of the very colloquial words used, mixed with English etc.

Edit: thanks for the link though, I'm saving it and trying from time to time, we use translation a ton in my household (everyone is learning English after moving abroad)

Re: Google Blew a Ten-Year Lead

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Post by jcadam »

Analemma_ wrote: post #2

Someday, Google will be a business school case study on the dangers of a) having all your money come from one cash cow and b) having too many self-directed engineers with no management vision. Google is a car with a 1,000 horsepower engine but which can't drive in a straight line.

I'm starting to think Google (probably Facebook too) scoops up top talent simply to deprive potential competitors (e.g., startups) of the resources they would need to challenge them. Actually having something for them to do is secondary.

Re: Google Blew a Ten-Year Lead

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Post by importantbrian »

whoisjuan wrote: post #15

Google is only good at search. The only reason why I use everything else they create is because of their massive distribution, market penetration and inter-operability. Thankfully there are solid alternatives in certain areas like fore example using iPhone instead of Android. But for everything else I don't see a massive migration happening any time soon. Notion, Hey.com, DuckDuckGo are all niche products. My dad has…

I wouldn't say that's entirely true. IMHO BigQuery is their best product. A lot of GCP is really good.

For consumer products I completely agree. I use DuckDuckGo as my default, but I still find myself hitting !g a lot to find what I'm looking for.

Re: Google Blew a Ten-Year Lead

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Post by disease »

jtbayly wrote: post #21
tengbretson wrote: post #9

> It’s amazing how they have four monopolies and only monetize one of them. They appear to me to have begun monetizing google maps. And it is awful.

What are the four monopolies?

Search, the browser, email, non-streaming video are the only things that come to mind.

Re: Google Blew a Ten-Year Lead

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Post by bragh »

whoisjuan wrote: post #15

Google is only good at search. The only reason why I use everything else they create is because of their massive distribution, market penetration and inter-operability. Thankfully there are solid alternatives in certain areas like fore example using iPhone instead of Android. But for everything else I don't see a massive migration happening any time soon. Notion, Hey.com, DuckDuckGo are all niche products. My dad has…

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Re: Google Blew a Ten-Year Lead

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Post by domkema »

jtbayly wrote: post #21
tengbretson wrote: post #9

> It’s amazing how they have four monopolies and only monetize one of them. They appear to me to have begun monetizing google maps. And it is awful.

What are the four monopolies?

If I had to guess what GP is referring to: search, maps, email, and browser.

While I'm sure we could disagree on if Google actually has a monopoly in these domains, I think it's obvious they have a _substantial_ foothold.

Re: Google Blew a Ten-Year Lead

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Post by eugenekolo »

I'm sure these alternatives work for some, but I really don't find "Hey" a suitable alternatives to Gmail, nor "Notion" to Google Docs.

I think the innovation and updating in those Google products has stagnated a lot, but they're still better for actual work and business than the new hip things.

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