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Re:Say hello to Google Allo: a smarter messaging app by barkingdog on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @04:15AM (#12546307)
Those portfolios are not even remotely compatible. Hangouts is the only viable product there. Meanwhile, all of Messenger, Instagram, WhatsApp and FB are each very strong products with extremely, almost worrisomely strong network effects. Clusterfuck is a bit vague and maybe a bit of an exaggeration, but you've got to admit that it's truly hard to think of Google as a company that makes best-in-class consumer software products anymore.
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Re:Say hello to Google Allo: a smarter messaging app by bigtones on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @07:31AM (#12547172)
Google has seven products that are used by more than a billion users per month. They are the only company in the world that can say that - that by definition IS best in class.
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Re:Say hello to Google Allo: a smarter messaging app by threeseed on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @04:53AM (#12546505)
On an unrelated note Zuckerberg really is a genius.

Instagram and WhatsApp were in hindsight superb purchases since the network effects have turned out to be far stronger than I think most people ever expected. Likewise splitting out Messenger makes so much sense since companies are now targeting it for their AI/Bot strategies.

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Re:Say hello to Google Allo: a smarter messaging app by rayiner on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @07:32AM (#12547176)
Google never was a company that made best in class consumer software products. Search (maybe Maps?) is the only thing it's ever excelled at.
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Re:Say hello to Google Allo: a smarter messaging app by peejaybee on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @09:28AM (#12547931)
GMail was definitely best in class for web mail when it rolled out, and if something has taken its lead, I don't know what it is.
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Re:Say hello to Google Allo: a smarter messaging app by bane on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @08:16AM (#12547453)
I would argue it's advertising delivery.
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Re:Say hello to Google Allo: a smarter messaging app by Sargos on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @01:14PM (#12550177)
Search, Maps, Gmail, Photos, YouTube are all best in their field. They have a lot of products that are more niche but their core lineup is solid.
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Re:Say hello to Google Allo: a smarter messaging app by crottypeter on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @09:25AM (#12547907)
what about gmail?
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