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I would also count the following as software successes: 2012 - Google Drive 2017 - Google Meet

by divbzero 4y ago

asimpletune 4y ago
Also google voice
- crummy 4y ago
  I think Voice is great but it seems a bit abandoned from Google
  - guyzero 4y ago
    The feature set has not changed much since launch but it's definitely not abandoned.
    - Fatnino 4y ago
      The feature set has been reduced from the days when voice was still it's own company called grand central. I had more than one phone number but some time after Google came in they said pick one and the rest have to go.
      - asimpletune 4y ago
        You can actually have more than one number still. I do at least. This happens if you add a number by porting your USA cell phone number to google voice. This gives you the option to keep both, although it’s $20 and you have actively elect to make your original google voice number permanent.
aussiesnack 4y ago
> 2012 - Google Drive The Linux version is lagging a tad: https://abevoelker.github.io/how-long-since-google-said-a-google-drive-linux-client-is-coming/ https://abevoelker.github.io/how-long-since-google-said-a-go...
- jeffbee 4y ago
  By a huge margin the two biggest Linux clients of Drive are Android and ChromeOS. "Actually linux" is literally 5+ orders of magnitude smaller. Google maintains and updates 99.999% of Linux drive clients every month.
  - aussiesnack 4y ago
    I (and Google's comment, and the quoted link) am referring to deskop Linux, as is perfectly obvious.
    - jeroenhd 4y ago
      For what it's worth, Anbox/Waydroid can run the Android-based GUI quite well. The Android subsystem doesn't integrate too well with native applications, but for things like basic sync and even document editing it works, at least.
      - aussiesnack 4y ago
        In truth I'm not really looking for a solution. I was snarking really. I was a consistent user (and paid for Google One) until they removed the Google Photos integration, which killed much of the point of it for me. Thanks for the suggestion anyway.
typon 4y ago
Zoom's audio + video quality is so much better than Google Meet that I almost feel like companies that use it are getting paid by Google to use it? I have no other explanation.
- maliker 4y ago
  Vice versa. Companies paid for a gmail + meet bundle that came in cheaper than gmail + zoom.
- devinl 4y ago
  I've been on hundreds of calls for both and have personally had far more issues with zoom than google. I also prefer Google's UI and security model, and Google's pricing is better for companies using gmail.
- aantix 4y ago
  Quite the opposite. I used Google Meet a few years back and it was terrible. Not even close to being a Zoom replacement. But recently we've been holding standups with Google Meet, to give it another try and since it was already bundled with Google Business, and I've been very impressed with the lower latency. Conversations feel closer to "natural" - I feel like there's less talking over each other. The UI has become polished. I was pleasantly surprised.
  - divbzero 4y ago
    I’ve also been pleasantly surprised by based on my recent usage. I also like that Google Meet is built for the browser by default—no need or pressure to install a desktop app for calls.
dangus 4y ago
Meet and Drive are big successes in the enterprise space. Google successfully made Workspaces a compelling alternative to Microsoft’s business productivity suite. I think with that in mind, the fact that Google doesn’t develop their own Slack clone to fit into Workspaces is completely bananas [edit: they actually did do that this year]. Other new product successes listed in this thread are things like Chromecast that only make Google money indirectly and/or represent an essentially meaningless slice of their revenue.
- MivLives 4y ago
  They have one it's called spaces. we have it set up as a back up to slack. It's not that spaces (shutdown 2016ish), it's a subfeature of google chat.
  - dangus 4y ago
    Oh interesting, I never explored in there. Indeed it looks like a Slack clone. Seems to have support for interactive apps similar to Slack as well. Of course, it still took Google all the way until this year to roll it out.
    - MivLives 4y ago
      I'm curious if my company will ever fully ditch slack. Meet got good enough that we sorta ditched Zoom. And they keep adjusting our slack tier.
      - deleted 4y ago
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JamesianP 4y ago
As I understood it, Google Drive was mainly just the storage that was previously free with Google Docs (from 2006 or something).

I would also count the following as software successes: 2012 - Google Drive 2017 - Google Meet

asimpletune 4y ago

Also google voice

crummy 4y ago
I think Voice is great but it seems a bit abandoned from Google
- guyzero 4y ago
  The feature set has not changed much since launch but it's definitely not abandoned.
  - Fatnino 4y ago
    The feature set has been reduced from the days when voice was still it's own company called grand central. I had more than one phone number but some time after Google came in they said pick one and the rest have to go.
    - asimpletune 4y ago
      You can actually have more than one number still. I do at least. This happens if you add a number by porting your USA cell phone number to google voice. This gives you the option to keep both, although it’s $20 and you have actively elect to make your original google voice number permanent.

aussiesnack 4y ago

> 2012 - Google Drive The Linux version is lagging a tad: https://abevoelker.github.io/how-long-since-google-said-a-google-drive-linux-client-is-coming/ https://abevoelker.github.io/how-long-since-google-said-a-go...

jeffbee 4y ago
By a huge margin the two biggest Linux clients of Drive are Android and ChromeOS. "Actually linux" is literally 5+ orders of magnitude smaller. Google maintains and updates 99.999% of Linux drive clients every month.
- aussiesnack 4y ago
  I (and Google's comment, and the quoted link) am referring to deskop Linux, as is perfectly obvious.
  - jeroenhd 4y ago
    For what it's worth, Anbox/Waydroid can run the Android-based GUI quite well. The Android subsystem doesn't integrate too well with native applications, but for things like basic sync and even document editing it works, at least.
    - aussiesnack 4y ago
      In truth I'm not really looking for a solution. I was snarking really. I was a consistent user (and paid for Google One) until they removed the Google Photos integration, which killed much of the point of it for me. Thanks for the suggestion anyway.

typon 4y ago

Zoom's audio + video quality is so much better than Google Meet that I almost feel like companies that use it are getting paid by Google to use it? I have no other explanation.

maliker 4y ago
Vice versa. Companies paid for a gmail + meet bundle that came in cheaper than gmail + zoom.
devinl 4y ago
I've been on hundreds of calls for both and have personally had far more issues with zoom than google. I also prefer Google's UI and security model, and Google's pricing is better for companies using gmail.
aantix 4y ago
Quite the opposite. I used Google Meet a few years back and it was terrible. Not even close to being a Zoom replacement. But recently we've been holding standups with Google Meet, to give it another try and since it was already bundled with Google Business, and I've been very impressed with the lower latency. Conversations feel closer to "natural" - I feel like there's less talking over each other. The UI has become polished. I was pleasantly surprised.
- divbzero 4y ago
  I’ve also been pleasantly surprised by based on my recent usage. I also like that Google Meet is built for the browser by default—no need or pressure to install a desktop app for calls.

dangus 4y ago

Meet and Drive are big successes in the enterprise space. Google successfully made Workspaces a compelling alternative to Microsoft’s business productivity suite. I think with that in mind, the fact that Google doesn’t develop their own Slack clone to fit into Workspaces is completely bananas [edit: they actually did do that this year]. Other new product successes listed in this thread are things like Chromecast that only make Google money indirectly and/or represent an essentially meaningless slice of their revenue.

MivLives 4y ago
They have one it's called spaces. we have it set up as a back up to slack. It's not that spaces (shutdown 2016ish), it's a subfeature of google chat.
- dangus 4y ago
  Oh interesting, I never explored in there. Indeed it looks like a Slack clone. Seems to have support for interactive apps similar to Slack as well. Of course, it still took Google all the way until this year to roll it out.
  - MivLives 4y ago
    I'm curious if my company will ever fully ditch slack. Meet got good enough that we sorta ditched Zoom. And they keep adjusting our slack tier.
    - deleted 4y ago
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JamesianP 4y ago

As I understood it, Google Drive was mainly just the storage that was previously free with Google Docs (from 2006 or something).