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Ones I personally use because they are/were good: Maps. Android (+ Auto). Chrome. Docs/Sheets. Translate. The issue is that most of these originated a long tim
by mdorazio 2y ago
Ones I personally use because they are/were good: Maps. Android (+ Auto). Chrome. Docs/Sheets. Translate.
The issue is that most of these originated a long time ago and recent Google creations, like Bard/Gemini, tend to be mediocre copies of other things.
- saulpw 2y agoGoogle Maps: acquired in 2004 Android: acquired in 2005 Google Sheets: acquired in 2006 Translate: launched in 2006 Chrome: launched in 2008 So only 2/5 of the ones you mentioned were started in-house, and all were pre-2010 (pre-Sundar) creations. edit: Sundar joined Google in 2004 and apparently led Maps, Chrome, and eventually Android before becoming CEO. So "pre-Sundar" is technically incorrect.
- mdorazio 2y agoThis characterization is pretty misleading. For example, the Google Maps that was acquired was a C++ desktop application. What most people think of as Google Maps (the AJAX web app) was built and launched by Google.