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I'll say this again. Currently I have Google home hooked up to my home automation system. It has trouble correctly identifying commands for things like turning

I'll say this again. Currently I have Google home hooked up to my home automation system. It has trouble correctly identifying commands for things like turning on my desk light and understanding South African accents when friend visit from there. My Alexa does a lot better with that. Yet somehow I'm to believe that they have made this massive step forward. Google used to under promise and over-deliver. Now it has been taken over by marketers who tend to over promise and under deliver. The truth is that they still make the majority of their profit from search, but need to look like they have something to back that up to keep the stock price up. Between that and Waymo it really felt like they don't. Android and the Chomebooks are promising as technologies, and I like they refinements they are offering, but the monetization strategy doesn't seem to be clear strong. It is definitely not as strong as Apple's ability to make profit from selling Macs and I-Phones...

plicense 8y ago
Sorry for the irrelevant comment - I've just been looking at your past comments. Looks like your gripe with Google started 4-6 months ago and been continuing ever since. What happened?
- jessaustin 8y ago
  The parent comment itself describes dissatisfaction while using Google products. Perhaps this use, or at least the dissatisfaction it inspires, began then? Regardless, this sort of questioning seems unfair.
  - plicense 8y ago
    There are certain things in the original comment that I agree with(in certain situations I too have found Alexa to be better performing than Google Home), certain things maybe not so much(like this statement "Google used to under promise and over-deliver. Now it has been taken over by marketers who tend to over promise and under deliver.") One of the things I've decided to do these days when I find things that make no sense when I read them, is to figure out if the commenter had any pre-existing biases.
- eanzenberg 8y ago
  It's not irrelevant, it's a fallacy to attack the messenger as opposed to the message.
  - mark_edward 8y ago
    It's only a fallacy if you use the attack to claim the comment is wrong. Right now it's just a question
- iainmerrick 8y ago
  Maybe they bought a Google Home? :)
telltruth 8y ago
Agreed. Google is being taken over by marketers and PMs who want to quickly advance their careers. Google Wave comes to mind.
- busterarm 8y ago
  is being or has been?

plicense 8y ago

Sorry for the irrelevant comment - I've just been looking at your past comments. Looks like your gripe with Google started 4-6 months ago and been continuing ever since. What happened?

jessaustin 8y ago
The parent comment itself describes dissatisfaction while using Google products. Perhaps this use, or at least the dissatisfaction it inspires, began then? Regardless, this sort of questioning seems unfair.
- plicense 8y ago
  There are certain things in the original comment that I agree with(in certain situations I too have found Alexa to be better performing than Google Home), certain things maybe not so much(like this statement "Google used to under promise and over-deliver. Now it has been taken over by marketers who tend to over promise and under deliver.") One of the things I've decided to do these days when I find things that make no sense when I read them, is to figure out if the commenter had any pre-existing biases.
eanzenberg 8y ago
It's not irrelevant, it's a fallacy to attack the messenger as opposed to the message.
- mark_edward 8y ago
  It's only a fallacy if you use the attack to claim the comment is wrong. Right now it's just a question
iainmerrick 8y ago
Maybe they bought a Google Home? :)

telltruth 8y ago

Agreed. Google is being taken over by marketers and PMs who want to quickly advance their careers. Google Wave comes to mind.

busterarm 8y ago
is being or has been?