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> Google also seems to just give up on a lot of its products Yes remember when the mantra was "don't be evil"? They also just let products linger w/o any or ma
by gist 10y ago
> Google also seems to just give up on a lot of its products
Yes remember when the mantra was "don't be evil"? They also just let products linger w/o any or many improvements. Google voice is an example. Text to speech is in many cases totally worthless, even with clear speaking speakers.
- wybiral 10y agoI only read the Google Voice transcripts for comedic value. And if you approach it that way they're usually pretty funny. "Hi Davy, thank you so much" becomes "Hey baby, I think so much". Brightens my day.
- blacksmith_tb 10y agoWhich is especially odd given how good TTS is on Android, aka Google Assistant (nee Google Now). It easily outperforms Alexa, Siri, and Cortana. But clearly that's some other team...
- secure 10y agoI think “Don’t be evil” is way to amenable to mean “Don’t do what I personally don’t like”. In this concrete example, I don’t think “Google cancelled a product” can be equated with “Google is evil”.
- gist 10y agoWell sure but it says "I don't care if you invested time and energy thinking this product would be around. Even though we make billions when it doesn't suit our business purpose we will make a decision that isn't in your interest but ours". And it's not like companies don't do this but they generally don't do it in the way that I have seen google do it with such callousness.