I cannot think of a legitimate basis to discriminate by country.
Schrems II?
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#22> This Google Account isn’t supported > Bard does not currently support Google Workspace accounts or when our systems indicate you may be under 18 OpenAI takes my Google Workspace Account just fine. Nice job Google. Locking out a user who is on a >$25 enterprise plan with you. Why is every interaction with Google so stupid? Why can that multi-billion dollar company not deliver any good software?
Doesn't matter, they'll discontinue it as soon as enough people start relying on it.
Sadly, Google's track record makes this more likely than not.
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#23I am an American living in Spain, running an American company, paying US taxes. I am neither a Spanish citizen nor a permanent resident. Google decided that my accounts are Spanish and switched them. "Bard is not available in your country". My country is the USA. I wonder what's next, my American Google voice and Google Fi phone numbers so i lose US banking access? Be very scared of this Orwellian company.
> My country is the USA. You would prefer companies know your citizenship and immigration status, somehow verify that, and tie their services to it? And that would somehow preserve your privacy better than geolocation?
He'd probably prefer that Google just not switch his account based on the circumstantial evidence (as such) of accessing his account from Spain.
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#24“Bard isn’t currently supported in your country” The waiting list to the waiting list to the waiting list…
I'm always fascinated to understand the "why" when something is allowed in the U.S. but not Canada. Especially so when it's also allowed in the U.K. We're basically a perfect (I'm sarcastically winking here) mix of those two countries! I'm guessing it's purely regulatory?
Well, you do have all those French-speaking people going out and about. And all those moose. The UK would have none of that, it would be untidy :)
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#25Oh good, another wait list. Pass.
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#26Reading comments here: has anyone got access yet?
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#27I cannot think of a legitimate basis to discriminate by country.
basically not all countries speak english as a first language, so it wouldn't make sense to put it in all countries. secondly, staggered rollout is pretty common
You could simply roll out per language, rather than per country in that case, since language is by its very nature self-selecting.
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#28> This Google Account isn’t supported > Bard does not currently support Google Workspace accounts or when our systems indicate you may be under 18 OpenAI takes my Google Workspace Account just fine. Nice job Google. Locking out a user who is on a >$25 enterprise plan with you. Why is every interaction with Google so stupid? Why can that multi-billion dollar company not deliver any good software?
That’s why they locked you out. You are a paying user who needs a good product. And You are not one of those google fans who dishes out money to google for things you don’t need. So you will get the product once it comes out of beta.
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#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
basically not all countries speak english as a first language, so it wouldn't make sense to put it in all countries. secondly, staggered rollout is pretty common
You could simply roll out per language, rather than per country in that case, since language is by its very nature self-selecting.
But that would be silly and it would not be politically motivated
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#30> This Google Account isn’t supported > Bard does not currently support Google Workspace accounts or when our systems indicate you may be under 18 OpenAI takes my Google Workspace Account just fine. Nice job Google. Locking out a user who is on a >$25 enterprise plan with you. Why is every interaction with Google so stupid? Why can that multi-billion dollar company not deliver any good software?
Doesn't matter, they'll discontinue it as soon as enough people start relying on it.
I'll play with it, but this is exactly why I won't be depending on it for anything. Can't trust that Google isn't going to drop Bard if it isn't an immediate and roaring success.