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Re: Google Bard waitlist

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Post by zarzavat »

shuntress wrote: post #337
sebzim4500 wrote: post #334

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think the geographic restrictions are especially relevant here since this is supposed to be Google's answer to ChatGPT, which launched months ago with none of these restrictions.

I think the parent's point is that the discussion should be "What limitations or concerns have prevented Google from launching this globally?" rather than a series of comments that are essentially all just: "sO lAmE tHiS iSnT GLOBAL?" .

There is no reason for it. MS/GitHub/OpenAI have been shipping AI based products for over a year. And it’s not like the UK is some libertarian paradise, it has some of the strongest data production and copyright regulations around.

Moreover, even if there is a reason to georestrict it, there’s no reason to georestrict a waitlist - that’s just bizarre.

Re: Google Bard waitlist

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Post by zarzavat »

3np wrote: post #369
admissionsguy wrote: post #356

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Since it's not available in our countries, we cannot do much but complain, can we?

If you already are aware that you don't have anything valuable to contribute to a thread, you can refrain from posting until you do. These are not for venting.

Are you kidding, venting is one of HN’s favorite sports! You just have to do it as eruditely as possible. Have a thesaurus at hand. Find some way to loop your argument back to the demise of Google Reader.

In pg’s seminal essay “On Complaining”, he identifies five levels of venting from simple criticism to full on meltdowns.

Re: Google Bard waitlist

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Post by Arnavion »

wilg wrote: post #375
Arnavion wrote: post #309

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Does it? I have no problem paying them for mine.

You have to get a whole workspace thing and administer your email like a company. And there are many settings to get wrong! And problems like this where some Google products don't work or are limited.

Ah, you're talking about a custom domain to use with GMail specifically. Yes, for that either you use "Email forwarding" if you got your domain from Google Domains, which lets you receive and send emails but the sent emails are not SPF valid, or you use a Workspace. I used to do the "Email forwarding" thing in the beginning but then I moved to Fastmail.

Re: Google Bard waitlist

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Post by Blahah »

tauntz wrote: post #158

> Bard isn’t currently supported in your country. Stay tuned! Sigh. Google never learns. By the time they add support for using this in my country, there's no reason for me to use it anymore as competitors have already swept in. It's the same playbook with every US-only launch: 1. get everybody hyped up 2. make it accessible to only a minor subset of people but advertise it as a "launch" or "open beta" or whatever 3.…

FYI mullvad vpn works for sign up. I'm from the UK but currently travelling and it allowed me to join.

Re: Google Bard waitlist

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Post by wilg »

Arnavion wrote: post #383
wilg wrote: post #375

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You have to get a whole workspace thing and administer your email like a company. And there are many settings to get wrong! And problems like this where some Google products don't work or are limited.

Ah, you're talking about a custom domain to use with GMail specifically. Yes, for that either you use "Email forwarding" if you got your domain from Google Domains, which lets you receive and send emails but the sent emails are not SPF valid, or you use a Workspace. I used to do the "Email forwarding" thing in the beginning but then I moved to Fastmail.

I got G Suite or whatever it’s called now before it was paid and before Google Domains sadly. I discovered unbelievably late that I didn’t have two factor on that account because for some reason the G Suite admin panel was defaulted to disabling it organization wide (aka just me). I don’t know why they don’t just have a $20/mo option in gmail that just does this properly in one click.

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Post by anonzzzies »

dcow wrote: post #138
anonzzzies wrote: post #69

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I find it silly for everything outside financial and legal services. It’s usually trivial to get around though.

Of course it’s silly but now there are data privacy laws everywhere that prevent a large company that makes money from just pressing “international release” and forgetting about it. Seriously.

How about taking privacy seriously everywhere and pressing ‘international release’ always because you can?

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Post by riffraff »

rileyphone wrote: post #206
realPubkey wrote: post #193

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Clubhouse was even more stupid by launching iOS only which killed themself.

It worked for Instagram - Clubhouse's failure was far more spectacular.

Instagram came out at a time (2010) when android phones were crap, and iphones owned the smartphone space everywhere, I don't think it is a valid comparison.

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Post by 0349085714 »

tauntz wrote: post #158

> Bard isn’t currently supported in your country. Stay tuned! Sigh. Google never learns. By the time they add support for using this in my country, there's no reason for me to use it anymore as competitors have already swept in. It's the same playbook with every US-only launch: 1. get everybody hyped up 2. make it accessible to only a minor subset of people but advertise it as a "launch" or "open beta" or whatever 3.…

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