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Congenital0ptimist t1_jegz38h wrote

Because Google is an advertisement and content-gatekeeper revenue company.

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This is why, for one example, Google Assistant doesn't ever seem to get any better. There's no revenue in it. Like if your Galaxy Watch 4 decides it hears you over any other device it'll tell you "Routines aren't supported yet". But why not just hand it off to the other speaker in the room that decided it wasn't The One that time for some reason. Or realize you're in your home and it shouldn't respond on the watch at all. Or just run the routine and notify if it breaks. Anything would be better than "Request denied".

Google can't get simple stuff done anywhere ads and/or Play Store revenue isn't directly involved.

It's why you can receive important stuff in Gmail that somehow never makes it to the All Mail folder. Unsurprisingly, you gotta Search for it.

It's why they have time to block buying movies and subscribing to channels on the Amazon Prime Video app. (must use web browser) - to ensure the Play Store content is much more convenient. Meanwhile the Prime Video android app versions loaded from outside the play store even look different now. Thanks Samsung!

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Google services are becoming the next Comcast. Watch what the big 3 cloud platforms do over the next year. AI is going to need a lot more cloud.

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Forschooolproject t1_jegz1wp wrote

𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚔 𝚂𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚜𝚑 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚕𝚢. 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚋𝚘𝚛𝚗 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚒𝚜𝚖 𝚊𝚗𝚍, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚕 𝚜𝚢𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚖 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝙸 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚗 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚞𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚜𝚘 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚑 𝚊𝚗𝚍, 𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎,𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚔 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚒𝚏 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚖𝚢 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚞𝚊𝚐𝚎. 𝙸 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙸 𝚜𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚜 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚢 𝚙𝚘𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚘 𝚒𝚝'𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚔. 𝙰𝚕𝚜𝚘 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚖𝚎𝚡𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚑 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎.

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Free_Dimension1459 t1_jegz1f6 wrote

None. If it’s an excuse they’re not friends. You have reasons to cancel or you don’t. “Hey, I need to take a mental health night. I’d make it if I was in the right headspace. Sorry.”

I know from experience most of my “friends” in my teens and twenties wouldn’t accept that. Today, I either get “alright, we’ll catch up” and then we catch up or I get an offer “I just wanted to hang with you. Would it help if I just brought over a couple of beers?” Life gets real and real friends get that.

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