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Comment by Mehringotio | Hacker News Reader

Make sure to watch the Google Io from yesterday to see what Google actually is about.

Apple makes high quality luxury hardware and that's it.

Google tries to save the world (android, maps, secure by default, 24x7 renewable...). Of course overstating a little bit as google is still just a company who earns money

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Remember that time Google premiered an AI during the IO keynote that would call a business for you to take an appointment on your behalf? How often have you used this service since its been released? That's right, zero, Google never released the product. They always present things at IO they have no intention of doing. They're not trying to save the world, they're pretending that they're saving the world, one vaporware product at a time.

I believe they did release that product. I interacted with it somewhat recently

Google Duplex? It came out years ago, though I think it was and still is fairly limited in what it can do. Its integrated with Google Assistant.

not the appointment making one, but i use the call screening one all the time when i dont recognize the number

Google is an ad company, Apple is a hardware company. All else is marketing.

You do realize that google makes MOST of its money from corps (through marketing crap to you).

Apple incentives are somewhat better aligned with consumers, as they make MOST of their money selling consumers actual stuff, including incredibly hardware!

you mean unrepairable walled garden hardware garbage? not that i am defending Google

Google anonymises data.

Google gave us Google maps, android and plenty of other things before anyone else.

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