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There's a lot of truth in what you're saying but Google did create some interesting products in its second decade, here's the list I came up with: - Google Ass
by bosswipe 6y ago
There's a lot of truth in what you're saying but Google did create some interesting products in its second decade, here's the list I came up with:
- Google Assistant is advanced magic. Much better than Apple's Siri or Amazon's Alexa, IMO.
- Google Photos is great.
- TensorFlow is close to its industry's standard.
- Chromebooks and Chrome OS are a hit.
- The Pixel line of phones is great, especially their industry leading camera innovations.
- Avicebron 6y agoA little off topic: I had the worst experience with Chromebooks, I used one a short time ago and couldn't install essentially anything outside of "approved" google apps. No package manager, 3d modelling software, my whole dev workflow just didn't work. I eventually bit the bullet and bought a 2019 macbook pro to get back to some semblance of sanity. My 2015 had passed :/. Does anyone do dev work on chromebooks?
- izacus 6y agoNo, because Chromebooks aren't meant to be good Dev machines. Just like feature phones aren't good at being camera replacements.
- catalogia 6y agoThe difference between a camera phone and a professional camera is one of hardware. The difference between a Chromebook and a useful computer is one of software. Installing Debian on my Chromebook Pixel turned a pointless toy into a reasonable tool. It doesn't matter what software you install on your camera phone, the sensor and glass will still be shit.
- sincerely 6y agoUnless your entire dev workflow happens in Google chrome I'm a little confused why you bought a chromebook for development work
- Avicebron 6y agoI didn't buy it, it's something somehow had extra that I tried to make work for a bit
- mav3rick 6y agoYou get a nice Linux VM built into Chrome OS now. Linux apps and files are integrated in the OS.