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by amf12 3y ago
> See: Pixel Pass being canceled right before it was supposed to pay off with a phone upgrade Did you first try to understand what Pixel Pass was? No, it wasn't supposed to "pay off" with a phone upgrade. To get a new phon
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by amf12 3y ago
The thing though is, it's not really two distinct arguments. It's easy to pay for it and control the experience by blocking shorts or recommendations using uBlock. What the second group of people really want is to not pay for it a
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by amf12 3y ago
Had they offered say 25B+, what would have Apple done? They offered a worse deal, but could have offered a deal which beat Google's deal.
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by amf12 3y ago
Or that Google believes they haven't trained their models using any protected data.
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by amf12 3y ago
Passkeys are instead of the password. You can still login using your password. This way, you don't have to keep entering your password if you have access to a device with a passkey and can access that device.
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by amf12 3y ago
not to nitpick, but waiting 12 hours for resolution isn't "relatively quick".
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by amf12 3y ago
Microsoft actually takes accessibility quite seriously.
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by amf12 3y ago
There is a slight difference in how OS updates work in iOS and Android. iOS system apps release with the OS on an annual cycle, but in Android system apps are upgraded independently. Meaning, even without Android OS upgrades the device woul
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by amf12 3y ago
Bing is the default on all Windows devices and Edge, and yet they are complaining about not getting default on Android and Apple devices? > and that this smaller scale translated into poorer quality search. Isn't the scale offered b
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by amf12 3y ago
This is a hotel that is cheaper than other hotels around, and allows someone to live in a city hours away, and just commute to the expensive city for the 3 in-office days.
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by amf12 3y ago
I don't think Nexus phones were built by Google. They always had a different manufacturer, unlike the Pixels.
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by amf12 3y ago
Why do you think it was scammy?
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by amf12 3y ago
The model is available as an API via GCP.
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by amf12 3y ago
Neeva also failed because of their business model. Turns out, not many people want to "pay for search".
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by amf12 3y ago
Looking at the threads on HN and outside, no. People are looking forward to upgrade their iPhone 14s for the "new features".
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by amf12 3y ago
I just tried to search for "falloff for Google search results", as an example of random quoted string from your comment. Google Search returned one result - your comment. Then I replaced 'Google' with 'Bing', a
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by amf12 3y ago
I see cognitive dissonance on this site every day. Android or rather Chrome supports web apps, and Android allows apps not from the play store, unlike Apple, and yet people complain about both sides. They'd also complain if Android al
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by amf12 3y ago
Because Sites usually have an input box to enter the store address / zip code, otherwise you'd never be able to look up for another location. Probably the case here too
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by amf12 3y ago
Especially if that person doesn't do anything during the day. Should be pretty easy to track using network logs for any decent tech company.
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by amf12 3y ago
Of course they do.. they don't care as long as you do your job.
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by amf12 3y ago
Well, do you allow account deletions then? It should be supported under GDPR. We discuss this about other tech companies all the time here on HN. I never realized this is not possible on HN.
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by amf12 3y ago
Difference being this is in Chrome and not the Search page.
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by amf12 3y ago
Awesome! Let's stop everything - research, electricity, etc, until we find a way to run everything with zero emissions.
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by amf12 3y ago
There is customer service available to paid workspace accounts.
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by amf12 3y ago
Because their biggest markets do not? And it's a just announced, beta feature!
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by amf12 3y ago
Or it know way too much. An alternative explanation for it could also be: It knows you're in LA and did not look up "Chicago flight", so you probably aren't looking for flights there. Chicago musical isn't playing i
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by amf12 3y ago
Conversation mode, translate text on an image, latency, # of supported languages
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by amf12 3y ago
> adds words I didn't select. Because you may have enabled that. I just tried this and it gave me an option to enable the feature to include surrounding text for better context or something. As for translation, I get a tooltip to tr
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by amf12 3y ago
So we shouldn't find ways to reduce emissions unless the R&D itself has zero emissions? Just looking up online, it seems 64% of the energy in Google datacenters is from clean sources, which is actually much better than I expected.
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by amf12 3y ago
The point isn't the $ value of the money but the time saved. That's why perks like free food are valued over their cost.

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