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Re: Google is rebranding storage plans as “Google One”

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pnloyd wrote: post #161
what_ever wrote: post #152

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I am really surprised so many people are stuck on Android One. I doubt any of the people here use an Android One phone. And those who own an Android One phone AND potentially can get confused between the names, do they even care what Android or OS is running on their phones? I feel people who are specifically looking to buy an Android One phone are savvy enough to know the difference. Disc: Googler.

I use one. I was blown away by the value of the 220$ Xiaomi MI A1. It's nice to know that I can move between some options for manufacturers to get the best value for my budget, and also expect a consistent experience.

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Re: Google is rebranding storage plans as “Google One”

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Post by sho »

nafizh wrote: post #69
dguo wrote: post #44

I'm happy to see the 200 GB plan. I use Google Drive instead of Dropbox because I only have ~70 GB of data. Now if I hit the 100 GB limit, I can just pay for an extra 100 GB instead of having to go all the way up to 1 TB. I don't understand why Dropbox doesn't offer more pricing tiers. I'd happily switch since unlike Google Drive, they have an official Linux client.

Not only Dropbox is not adding more tiers for single users, they are actively pushing everyone to a dropbox business plan.

I am somewhat worried about Dropbox. They are giving every indication of trying to "pivot" away from file storage into some kind of unwanted "shared collaboration space" where I can "unleash the creativity of my team" or what not. Just check out their company blurb:

> Dropbox is a modern workspace designed to reduce busywork-so you can focus on the things that matter. Sign in and put your creative energy to work.

NOOO!!!! Just store my files damn it!

Re: Google is rebranding storage plans as “Google One”

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Post by tonysdg »

cromwellian wrote: post #165
chias wrote: post #143

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> They're going to try to unify lots of different benefits under a single, high-value subscription This makes me sad, as it's my primary gripe with Amazon Prime. The only Prime service I actually use is free 2-day shipping. But they keep lumping more and more stuff in there -- video streaming, movies, photos, music, etc -- and the price keeps going up. Sooner or later it's not going to be worth the free 2-day shippin…

The flip side of not bundling, is nickle-and-diming. Other bundling services, like Spotify, or Netflix, are way more cost effective than having to make micropayments to a bunch of separate services. Consider Newspaper subscriptions. Would you rather separately pay $X/month to New York Times, WashingtonPost, The Atlantic, The Economist, etc just to read a few articles, or would you rather pay $X/mo to Texture or a Spo…

My issue with bundling of news specifically is that it becomes bland and generic. The bundler starts trying to guess what I want -- which defeats the purpose of why I read the news. I subscribe to the NY Times and the WSJ separately precisely because I want multiple angles on the same (and different) events.

Besides, bundling usually means someone down the pipeline -- usially the producers -- are getting royally screwed.

Re: Google is rebranding storage plans as “Google One”

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Post by on_and_off »

clhodapp wrote: post #115
on_and_off wrote: post #94

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I would love to see a not ads supported Google. I am not convinced this can happen. It seems that ads is the only form of micro payment that really works at scale . However, I love Google Products. Photos is awesome. Inbox makes my mail manageable, etc. I am sadly probably in a minority, but I would pay a good price to have all these products without any ad targeting.

What's the harm of a single "premium" no-ads Google that most people don't use? The ongoing cost to maintain two versions that are differentiated that way seems pretty low, given that it's really just removing some very self-contained UI modules... They could price it in such a way that it is just as profitable as running ads for those "high value" users, even if that further reduces adoption and still be able to rea…

well, there is youtube red / play music

I would be curious to know how many people are subscribed to this service.

Re: Google is rebranding storage plans as “Google One”

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Post by ianstormtaylor »

superflyguy wrote: post #109
ianstormtaylor wrote: post #63

I think this article is missing the bigger picture—this isn't about storage. This is Google trying to copy the success of Amazon Prime. They're going to try to unify lots of different benefits under a single, high-value subscription. The storage plans and priority support are just the first benefit they've tied to the subscription. > In addition to access to experts, the company also promises to provide subscribers w…

Did you not read the article? That's all mentioned as a possibility.

It's mentioned quickly in passing, in a kind of "cover our bases" way. The article doesn't once mention Amazon Prime, which is crazy considering it's the obvious success story. But that's because the whole article is framed from a storage point of view, with a few meandering paragraphs tacked on about the future.

Case in point, the Hacker News title was renamed to be "more clear" to "Google is rebranding storage plans as 'Google One'", totally missing the point.

Re: Google is rebranding storage plans as “Google One”

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Post by donald123 »

forgot-my-pw wrote: post #146
donald123 wrote: post #90

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If this is really the case, then I would say the name sucks. It's hard to know what 'Google One' means from just the name. And there is 'Android One', which is designed for low-end devices, it would really confuse people when they talk about android one, google one. I can see more people will refer it as "google one drive", and microsoft also has its "One Drive", that's even more confusing to all the average users.

Well, good thing they didn't call it Google One Drive...

Bad thing is people will start calling it google one drive, because others won't know what you talking about by "google one".

Re: Google is rebranding storage plans as “Google One”

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Post by donald123 »

bitmapbrother wrote: post #159
donald123 wrote: post #90

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If this is really the case, then I would say the name sucks. It's hard to know what 'Google One' means from just the name. And there is 'Android One', which is designed for low-end devices, it would really confuse people when they talk about android one, google one. I can see more people will refer it as "google one drive", and microsoft also has its "One Drive", that's even more confusing to all the average users.

>And there is 'Android One', which is designed for low-end devices You're thinking of Android Go. Android One is for phones, not made by Google, that receive guaranteed OS and security updates. All of Nokia's phones are Android One phones.

See, I'm already confused with all these simple generic words, do you expect average user could figure all these out?

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Post by clhodapp »

ethbro wrote: post #136
clhodapp wrote: post #115

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What's the harm of a single "premium" no-ads Google that most people don't use? The ongoing cost to maintain two versions that are differentiated that way seems pretty low, given that it's really just removing some very self-contained UI modules... They could price it in such a way that it is just as profitable as running ads for those "high value" users, even if that further reduces adoption and still be able to rea…

I think the general resistance to doing away with ads is related to revenue ceiling. Ad revenue at Google / Facebook scale is a magic money box. In that they can tell Wall Street (and deliver) ever increasing monetization per user. Once they start directly charging users, they can't increase that invisibly via "better" ad tech anymore. Any increase is directly passed on to the consumer. AND ceiling just became users…

Interesting insight, thanks!

Re: Google is rebranding storage plans as “Google One”

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Post by turtlebits »

chias wrote: post #143
ianstormtaylor wrote: post #63

I think this article is missing the bigger picture—this isn't about storage. This is Google trying to copy the success of Amazon Prime. They're going to try to unify lots of different benefits under a single, high-value subscription. The storage plans and priority support are just the first benefit they've tied to the subscription. > In addition to access to experts, the company also promises to provide subscribers w…

> They're going to try to unify lots of different benefits under a single, high-value subscription This makes me sad, as it's my primary gripe with Amazon Prime. The only Prime service I actually use is free 2-day shipping. But they keep lumping more and more stuff in there -- video streaming, movies, photos, music, etc -- and the price keeps going up. Sooner or later it's not going to be worth the free 2-day shippin…

I only use the shipping as well, and it has been getting better and better. I'm seeing free next day shipping more often, and today got a prime order with free same day shipping (ordered at noon!)
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