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Story is probably 100% true. Won't argue with any of the substance, which will likely be discussed in other threads. But this writing reeks of Microsoft astrot
by badgar 14y ago
Story is probably 100% true. Won't argue with any of the substance, which will likely be discussed in other threads.
But this writing reeks of Microsoft astroturfing. Especially the "I got #googleplayed" dig which sounds just like their "Don't get scroogled" campaign and failed #droidrage stunt. It's not like Mark Penn would have any trouble bringing back their famous astroturfing policies to earn his keep at MS.
- d2vid 14y agoHaha, I am most assuredly a real person, not a paid actor. My girlfriend got tired of me venting about it and actually being angry, so I turned my anger into humorous flourish. My goal in this is to get some kind of human being at Google to respond. #googleplayed - what do you think? Could it catch on?
- eclipticplane 14y agoHow do we know you're not a robot? We're going to need you to complete this series of captchas...
- d2vid 14y agoI think we need a "not a microsoft employee" captcha. Uh, how about, "Bing sucks"?
- TylerE 14y agoI suspect that at just about any company, even the good ones, at least 20% of the workforce would swear their product sucks ;)
- DigitalJack 14y agoI see. Tell me more about "Bing Sucks"?
- Matt_Cutts 14y agoHey, I don't have anything to do with the Play Store or the Nexus 4, but I just wanted to say that I'm sorry that you had such a bad experience. My hope is that Google learns from feedback like your experience so that we don't make these kinds of mistakes in the future. But I'm sorry that trying to get the Nexus 4 was so frustrating. :(
- shiftpgdn 14y agoIs "Bing Sucks" a bat symbol for Google employees? ;)
- d2vid 14y agoThanks Matt, I appreciate it. What's so frustrating for me is that I want Google to be the good guys. I want to be able to recommend any and all Google products to friends and family. I hold Google in high esteem, which made this interaction that much worse because it was so far from what I think Google is capable of.
- gtaylor 14y agoI have a family member that experienced something very similar. She too was pretty upset. Sometimes this kind of ranting is the best way to lighten a very upsetting situation. As someone who carries an Android, Google really screwed this up, and deserves all of the hammering they can get in this. They will be forgiven if the next launch goes much better than this, though.
- palebluedot 14y agoI am a big Google proponent, and Android user. But the problem is deeper than just a smooth launch, and the number of issues at launch. It is a systemic customer support issue that, while perhaps understandable for a free product, is horrendous for a merchant or paid product. I don't think people would care nearly so much about launch hiccups, even major, if there was customer support to help resolve the issue. But as it is, whenever you order something it can feel a bit like Russian Roulette with Google. I hope this changes soon, because otherwise they are doing awesome stuff.
- noonehome 14y agod2vid just emailed me about his little google rant. d2vid is in the SF startup scene and has been helping my team at Rally.org and a few other start-ups with product and dev work. Definitely, not MSFT astro-turfing :)
- Permit 14y ago>But this writing reeks of Microsoft astroturfing. Wow. Google really can do no wrong.
- cooldeal 14y agoAnd Microsoft can only do wrong.