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“Bard isn’t currently supported in your country” The waiting list to the waiting list to the waiting list…
by nwoli 4y ago
“Bard isn’t currently supported in your country”
The waiting list to the waiting list to the waiting list…
- 101008 4y agoSame here. I wonder if using a VPN would risk me to get my Google account blocked...
- ocdtrekkie 4y agoProbably a big risk considering few entities are more sure of what country you are in.
- black_puppydog 4y agolol, google will routinely still show me swedish maps results when I haven't been there in 8 years. They're notoriously bad at this, it's ridiculous. Of course I agree that this is high-risk in that their location thingy is unstable and trigger happy enough as is, and good luck reaching a human if some system does decide to block you.
- rcarmo 4y agoYeah, I suspect folk who reside in perfectly civilized countries without any geopolitical hindrances to be locked out for a long while--which, given Google's usual inability to reach out across Europe, may mean we'll only have access when it's about to be cancelled.
- worthless-trash 4y agoSeems to be 'not available' in Australia.
- geodel 4y agoMaybe its to save you from making comments like "I am not going to use any Google product ever, since they canceled Google Reader ..etc etc"
- tobyjsullivan 4y agoA foolproof tactic for google. Customers can’t be burned if they never get to become customers in the first place. Or as the old saying goes, “if a google product is felled in a forest, and there’s no users to notice, did google really fail?”
- IncRnd 4y agoHello, my friend. Your question has given me pause for thought on the subject of achieving desired results. If we consider the desired outcome of a particular thing, then failure to achieve that outcome cannot be considered acceptable. However, we must allow for a sufficiency of time wherein the thing will progress and improve before coming to a conclusion. On the other hand, if we contemplate the impact of a thing on its intended audience, then it must meet their expectations and desires to be deemed as effective. It is important to note that the relevance of a thing to its observers may depend on various factors such as timing and perspective. Ultimately, effectiveness is determined by the desired outcome and the audience it serves. We must assess the purpose of the thing and its surroundings to determine its success or failure. It is similar to crafting a powerful message - we must consider the intended recipients and create a message that resonates with them.
- wrzuteczka 4y agoStill better than Apple! I pay the full price for Apple One but Apple thinks I shouldn't have access to Fitness+. Or Siri, which still doesn't support my language (Polish, 40M speakers) and has problems recognizing my English accent (whereas Google speech recognition works fine).
- rcarmo 4y agoWell, I'm in Portugal and we don't have true, bona fide, first-party Apple stores. And I've been complaining about that for twenty years...
- wrzuteczka 4y agoWe don't have that here either, but I'm satisfied with the Apple premium reseller network.
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- Waterluvian 4y agoI'm always fascinated to understand the "why" when something is allowed in the U.S. but not Canada. Especially so when it's also allowed in the U.K. We're basically a perfect (I'm sarcastically winking here) mix of those two countries! I'm guessing it's purely regulatory?
- rcarmo 4y agoWell, you do have all those French-speaking people going out and about. And all those moose. The UK would have none of that, it would be untidy :)
- Waterluvian 4y agoActually joking aside, being unable to offer it in French makes some sense as to why they omit a region. Now I want to wander off and find a list of countries where English is the only official language.
- rcarmo 4y agoWell, Nigeria should qualify - it has hundreds of local dialects, but English is the only official language AFAIK.
- sebzim4500 4y agoAustralia springs to mind, and to the surprise of no-one Bard is not available in Australia. I really get the feeling that Google is terrified of success. They haven't launched a new sucessful product in God knows how long.
- AlanYx 4y agoIt's likely Part 3 of bill C-27 (the "Act respecting artificial intelligence systems and data used in artificial intelligence systems"). Google isn't going to launch Bard in Canada if they'll have to pull Bard once C-27 passes.
- rnosov 4y agoThere is a big AI division of Google located in the UK (DeepMind). Could be related to that.
- 360macky 4y agoIs only United States supported?