So-called #SmartHome products are not even smart enough to be interoperable. With free software, you can tailor the software to your needs instead of having to watch out for 'works with' badges and the acceptance of certification of other producers by proprietary software companies like #Apple, #Google, or #Samsung.
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Shocked-not-shocked to learn that #cashforaccess is legal in the US and it has been practised for Trump's inauguration to a shameless level.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/18/trump-inauguration-donation-committee
#trump #google #amazon #musk #trumpinauguration #inauguration #corruption #meta #facebook #pichai
😑 📲 Och nöö @tazgetroete ! Warum bekommen wir immer noch solche Mails, in denen nur die #tazApp bei #Google und #Apple empfohlen wird !?
Es gibt doch die #FDroid -App schon seit einigen Jahren und seit fast zweieinhalb Jahren ist das auch auf taz.de angekommen:
https://metalhead.club/@caos/109026042148297312
Einerseits vorbildlich, aber...
Warum bekommen dann heute immer noch alle mit #tazAbo Mails, die nur für #Google und #Apple werben?
Die freie App wird so leider immer noch versteckt 😔 ...nur wer F-Droid bereits kennt, wird sie evtl. finden: https://f-droid.org/de/packages/de.taz.android.app.free/
So-called #SmartHome products are not even smart enough to be interoperable. With free software, you can tailor the software to your needs instead of having to watch out for 'works with' badges and the acceptance of certification of other producers by proprietary software companies like #Apple, #Google, or #Samsung.
Nah, don’t worry, it’ll be ok. They’ve been sponsored by Google for years. Even Facebook at one point.
It’s open source… it’s about the source being open. It’s open as in “open for business”.
The “F” in FOSDEM is silent.
It’ll be fine…
#FOSDEM #FOSDEM25 #JackDorsey #billionaires #trillionDollarCorporations #institutionalCorruption #openSource #openForBusiness #BigTech #PR #Google #Facebook https://mastodon.cloud/@mfeilner/113859797648383354
Last week, Google pushed some of its Gemini AI capabilities to some Workspace Business and Enterprise customers. @404mediaco's @josephcox tried it, and then figured out how to disable it.
#Google #Gmail #Gemini #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Technology #Tech
Wie Tabu nur mit KI-Chatbot: Character AI veröffentlicht Spiele
Speakeasy und War of Words: Das KI-Unternehmen Character AI veröffentlicht zwei Spiele für die KI-Chatbots.
#GenerativeAI #Google #KünstlicheIntelligenz #MetaPlatforms #news
https://www.voxels.com/play?coords=W@675W,8S,3U&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaaa13aSgTBglooQtN-ONrVvJFOmKhymGWOE4s9G1XiV2-83HL0euX5a2o8_aem_N94T845_-fqn3UOYVFsvLw
#github mastadon #microsoft #siliconvalley #foia #journalism #nyc #boston #nft #digitalart #google #llm #llama #meta #gemini #charity # #philanthropy #activism #election #electionday #huggingface #perchance #chatgpt #aiart #artbasel2025 #instagram #linux #michaelpaulino #michaelpaulinostudios
https://www.voxels.com/play?coords=W@675W,8S,3U&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaaa13aSgTBglooQtN-ONrVvJFOmKhymGWOE4s9G1XiV2-83HL0euX5a2o8_aem_N94T845_-fqn3UOYVFsvLw
#github mastadon #microsoft #siliconvalley #foia #journalism #nyc #boston #nft #digitalart #google #llm #llama #meta #gemini #charity # #philanthropy #activism #election #electionday #huggingface #perchance #chatgpt #aiart #artbasel2025 #instagram #linux #michaelpaulino #michaelpaulinostudios
KI-Update kompakt: Welt-Simulation, Apple Intelligence, Biotech, Pilgerfest
Das "KI-Update" liefert werktäglich eine Zusammenfassung der wichtigsten KI-Entwicklungen.
#KünstlicheIntelligenz #AppleIntelligence #Biotechnologie #FederalTradeCommission #GenerativeAI #Gesichtserkennung #Google #Journalismus #KIUpdate #OpenAI #news
🆕 blog! “Google has no faith in its ability to launch new products”
Back when I was a product manager for a large mobile network operator, we faced a constant problem. How do you launch a new product to the public?
Most people are reluctant to try new things. Even in the exciting world of proto-smartphones, convincing someone to download, install,…
👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/01/google-has-no-faith-in-its-ability-to-launch-new-products/
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#google #products #rant
Google has no faith in its ability to launch new products
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/01/google-has-no-faith-in-its-ability-to-launch-new-products/
Back when I was a product manager for a large mobile network operator, we faced a constant problem. How do you launch a new product to the public?
Most people are reluctant to try new things. Even in the exciting world of proto-smartphones, convincing someone to download, install, configure, and use a new app was difficult. Sure, we could run expensive advertising campaigns. Send hopeful text messages. Have a big celebrity endorsement. Or maybe get our customer service reps to push it.
In the end, we pre-installed it on every device we sold. Then we forcibly pushed it to every supported phone on our network. The backlash was incredible. As you might expect, people think of their phones as their own personal space. Having a new app shoved on there felt like an invasion. It took …
Google has no faith in its ability to launch new products
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/01/google-has-no-faith-in-its-ability-to-launch-new-products/
Back when I was a product manager for a large mobile network operator, we faced a constant problem. How do you launch a new product to the public?
Most people are reluctant to try new things. Even in the exciting world of proto-smartphones, convincing someone to download, install, configure, and use a new app was difficult. Sure, we could run expensive advertising campaigns. Send hopeful text messages. Have a big celebrity endorsement. Or maybe get our customer service reps to push it.
In the end, we pre-installed it on every device we sold. Then we forcibly pushed it to every supported phone on our network. The backlash was incredible. As you might expect, people think of their phones as their own personal space. Having a new app shoved on there felt like an invasion. It took up memory space, true, but more importantly it took up psychological space. We had reminded customers that we thought of them as little more than cattle; a resource we controlled with an aim to extract value.
Google is in a similar boat today. They have absolutely no confidence that their Gemini AI Assistant is any good. They've run countless tests with customers and it is a dud. But they've invested a lot of money, so it needs to launch. Customers, in the main, decline to install it and they certainly refuse to pay for it. So what's Google's solution?
They have forcibly installed it, jacked up the prices, and made it impossible to remove.
These are not the actions of a company which believes in its own products.
To be fair to Google, it is a problem seen in many businesses. They crave instant success, they want to see massive overnight numbers, and they have a winner-takes-all mentality. But the real world isn't like that. Customers aren't morons but they lead busy and complex lives. You product is important to you, but it is utterly irrelevant to most customers. It is your job to convince people that your product has merits. You have to listen to them and get their consent.
People don't deserve to be tricked into installing something. Forcing people to use your product is disrespectful
Galaxy Unpacked: Samsung stellt am Mittwoch das S25 vor
Am Mittwoch will Samsung mit dem Galaxy S25 sein neues Spitzen-Smartphone vorstellen. Im Mittelpunkt wird dabei erneut Samsungs KI stehen.
Welt-Simulation: Google gründet neues KI-Team
Eine KI, die die gesamte physische Welt simulieren kann – Googles neue "ambitionierte Aufgabe", um eine AGI zu erreichen.
#GenerativeAI #Google #GoogleGemini #KünstlicheIntelligenz #news