I’m not sure I’d agree that what they showed will never be possible and in fact my whole point is that I think Google can most likely deliver on that in this specific case. Chalk it up to my experience in the space, but from what I can see it looks like something Google can actually execute on (unlike many areas where they fail on product regularly).

I would agree completely that it’s not ready for consumers the way it was displayed, which is my point.

I do want to add that I believe that the right way to do these types of new product rollout is not with these giant public announcements.

In fact, I think generally speaking the “right” way to do something like this demonstrates only things that are possible robustly. However that’s not the market that Google lives in. They’re capitalists trying to make as much money as possible. I’m simply evaluating that what they’re showing I think is absolutely technically possible and I think Google can deliver it even if its not ready today.

Do I think it’s supremely ethical the way that they did it? No I don’t.