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> What does google have, fundamentally, to offer to the phone industry that nobody else can offer? Better search? A better maps app? How about Google Voice? I
by haberman 15y ago
> What does google have, fundamentally, to offer to the phone industry that nobody else can offer? Better search? A better maps app?
How about Google Voice? I sure hope that in 10 years the phone network has been subsumed by the Internet, and that the days of stupid roaming and SMS charges is behind us.
What did Apple do when Google tried to launch a Google Voice app for the iPhone? Rejected it from the App Store. That was the moment when I realized that Android was totally necessary for Google to not be at the mercy of its competitors.
- MatthewPhillips 15y agoGoogle Voice has a competitive advantage over carriers in they aren't regulated. They block calls to rural phone companies that charge high connection fees, phone companies can't legally do that. I was once a big advocate of Google Voice but I realized you're not really gaining independence by moving your number to Google. You're just transferring dependency from a phone company you pay money to, to an advertising company you don't.