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It's a classic Google delusion - they produce keynote demos, not products. This Allo app doesn't solve the problem of people (that actually means all people yo

by tdkl 10y ago

It's a classic Google delusion - they produce keynote demos, not products. This Allo app doesn't solve the problem of people (that actually means all people you talk to) having to opt into it.

losty 10y ago
Let's hope they allow you to msg people you've had gmail correspondence with. Could be in a separate inbox until you accept them.
Touche 10y ago
http://www.theverge.com/2016/5/18/11699122/google-allo-messaging-app-announced-io-2016 http://www.theverge.com/2016/5/18/11699122/google-allo-messa... > "It's really liberating to start from scratch sometimes," says Erik Kay Yeah, developers hate maintenance and improving existing products, but for users having 12 chat apps is really annoying.
- tdkl 10y ago
  It also learns users that time investing into their apps doesn't last, which is basically company suicide.
- Jtsummers 10y ago
  From your article: In the example Google showed us, a graduation photo came through. The suggested replies were along the lines of "Congratulations!" and "You look great!" Think for a moment about what it takes to do that. Google recognized it was a graduation photo and then went a step beyond just guessing what it was, it guessed at appropriate responses. Umm. Its suggestions are no better than a simple like. It's less than greeting card sentiment. And it removes the need to even know what you're looking at. I'm not sure that's really a positive thing. Thread full of messages responding to pictures that the users never looked at. It's bad enough that for many people birthday and anniversary and holiday well-wishes are a simple "Happy Holidays" on someone's FB timeline or a text. Do we really need to automate sending those so that the sentiment is delivered but never actually shared? Dystopian future headline from December 25th, 2040: Millions of zombie "Happy Holiday" texts, Google to use death certificate database to fight zombies.

by tdkl 10y ago

It's a classic Google delusion - they produce keynote demos, not products. This Allo app doesn't solve the problem of people (that actually means all people you talk to) having to opt into it.

losty 10y ago

Let's hope they allow you to msg people you've had gmail correspondence with. Could be in a separate inbox until you accept them.

Touche 10y ago

http://www.theverge.com/2016/5/18/11699122/google-allo-messaging-app-announced-io-2016 http://www.theverge.com/2016/5/18/11699122/google-allo-messa... > "It's really liberating to start from scratch sometimes," says Erik Kay Yeah, developers hate maintenance and improving existing products, but for users having 12 chat apps is really annoying.

tdkl 10y ago
It also learns users that time investing into their apps doesn't last, which is basically company suicide.
Jtsummers 10y ago
From your article: In the example Google showed us, a graduation photo came through. The suggested replies were along the lines of "Congratulations!" and "You look great!" Think for a moment about what it takes to do that. Google recognized it was a graduation photo and then went a step beyond just guessing what it was, it guessed at appropriate responses. Umm. Its suggestions are no better than a simple like. It's less than greeting card sentiment. And it removes the need to even know what you're looking at. I'm not sure that's really a positive thing. Thread full of messages responding to pictures that the users never looked at. It's bad enough that for many people birthday and anniversary and holiday well-wishes are a simple "Happy Holidays" on someone's FB timeline or a text. Do we really need to automate sending those so that the sentiment is delivered but never actually shared? Dystopian future headline from December 25th, 2040: Millions of zombie "Happy Holiday" texts, Google to use death certificate database to fight zombies.