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Re: Google One is coming soon

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Post by LyalinDotCom »

seanmcdirmid wrote: post #14
cwyers wrote: post #7

So, they've made Google One and Google Drive, in an effort to have Google OneDrive in series instead of in parallel.

I never thought another tech company could be more awkward than Microsoft at branding. I guess it’s just hard to name things.

Yes it is and hello from someone at Microsoft who has helped brand a few things. It’s really hard problem that is not easy to describe to others but branding in huge companies like these is hell. Though worth it when we get it right and make things clear. Trust me no one here branding wants it to suck.

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Post by evrydayhustling »

geostyx wrote: post #33

To me this is the Amazon Prime for Google, with Drive storage + other perks.

The thing that really surprises me is "access to Google experts", which apparently means chat, email and phone [1]. Google has really avoided direct B2C interaction in the past; I wonder how they are developing this ability from scratch.

[1] https://techcrunch.com/2018/05/14/say-hello-to-google-one/

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Post by givehimagun »

evrydayhustling wrote: post #42
geostyx wrote: post #33

To me this is the Amazon Prime for Google, with Drive storage + other perks.

The thing that really surprises me is "access to Google experts", which apparently means chat, email and phone [1]. Google has really avoided direct B2C interaction in the past; I wonder how they are developing this ability from scratch. [1] https://techcrunch.com/2018/05/14/say-hello-to-google-one/

Is this what Duo and Wavenet are for? They'll just have robots talking to us instead of humans. Maybe they are playing a different game.

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Post by turdnagel »

philliphaydon wrote: post #34
fermienrico wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Dropbox is leagues ahead of any file sharing software out there. They’re on a bright future after the IPO. Dropbox Paper is absolutely amazing.

Rather give send my birth certificate and passport to Microsoft and all other personal information than ever store stuff in Dropbox.

Why's that?

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Post by doomlaser »

spking wrote: post #15

After completely screwing so many of us over with that horrible File Stream "upgrade", I'll pass. I still have an orphaned local Google Drive folder that randomly stopped syncing to sort through and move to Dropbox.

Take a look at Amazon Drive. I love Dropbox but the price points / storage amounts of their plans isn't quite what I'd like.

Re: Google One is coming soon

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Post by andrei_says_ »

LyalinDotCom wrote: post #41
seanmcdirmid wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I never thought another tech company could be more awkward than Microsoft at branding. I guess it’s just hard to name things.

Yes it is and hello from someone at Microsoft who has helped brand a few things. It’s really hard problem that is not easy to describe to others but branding in huge companies like these is hell. Though worth it when we get it right and make things clear. Trust me no one here branding wants it to suck.

Curious, what aspects of the process do lead to the suckage? Committee-driven decisions? Existing ecosystems and conventions? Politics?
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