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What reassurance does Apple give that Google do not?
by untog 11y ago
What reassurance does Apple give that Google do not?
- asendra 11y agoHistory?
- potatolicious 11y agoI have an OnHub, but even then I'm a little wary of Google's track record when it comes to "sunsetting" products. There is no explicit foolproof assurance from either Apple or Google, but in Apple's case they haven't been known for introducing products and then dropping all support for it when it fails to live up to sales/strategic expectations. In fact Apple's modern track record is pretty impressive - the latest iOS runs on a phone introduced in 2011. Google's "throw everything at the wall and keep the stuff that sticks" approach is IMO one that only makes sense when you discount brand value completely and assume nobody will remember the stuff that didn't stick, and their unceremonial shutdowns. It's a theoretically appealing approach but IMO impractical because people remember. Even when Google compensates people for the shutdowns - see the Nexus Q - it still leaves a bad taste, and makes people wonder if they're buying a real honest product in a particular space or an experiment to be cut lose at a moment's notice.
- alphapapa 11y agoWow, what kind of bias would lead this comment to be downvoted into grayness?
- deprave 11y agoA positive bias towards anything coming from Google. Just look at the number of Google employees on this thread... The "let's see what sticks" approach might work well for software, especially the Google kind: ad-supported "free" cloud-based software services. Complaints trigger the knee-jerk reaction of "you never paid." It doesn't work for hardware, and I don't know why Google would risk its reputation for what must barely move the needle on their income statements. Apple's approach of providing SDKs that work with their existing devices, thereby testing the waters and seeing what products get built, what consumers like, etc. before entering it themselves seems like a much more sensible move.
- warrenm 11y agoIt doesn't require phoning home to Apple, for one
- untog 11y agoGoogle doesn't require phoning home - it'll just continue to use the same software it does today. Similarly, my Apple router phones home to detect when a software update is available. I don't really see the difference here.