http://www.theverge.com/2016/5/18/11699122/google-allo-messa...
> "It's really liberating to start from scratch sometimes," says Erik Kay
Yeah, developers hate maintenance and improving existing products, but for users having 12 chat apps is really annoying.
From your article:
In the example Google showed us, a graduation photo came
through. The suggested replies were along the lines of
"Congratulations!" and "You look great!" Think for a moment about
what it takes to do that. Google recognized it was a graduation
photo and then went a step beyond just guessing what it was, it
guessed at appropriate responses.
Dystopian future headline from December 25th, 2040: Millions of zombie "Happy Holiday" texts, Google to use death certificate database to fight zombies.
It also learns users that time investing into their apps doesn't last, which is basically company suicide.
This Allo app doesn't solve the problem of people (that actually means all people you talk to) having to opt into it.