Say hello to Google Allo: a smarter messaging app

Re:Say hello to Google Allo: a smarter messaging app by 8ytecoder on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @02:29PM (#12550906)

Google has been very noticeably anti-desktop for a while now. They sure bet the future would be mobile/chrome OS like devices or they hate desktop development.

I love Google Music but there is no desktop client for it and without a desktop client integration with hardware keys or caching/downloading/syncing music like spotify or iTunes is impossible.

It's the same story with Google Photos. I love it but they decided to shutdown picasa web albums and I don't think they'd ever build a desktop client.

Google operates differently from the rest. It's not for people like us who use a desktop/laptop.

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Re:Say hello to Google Allo: a smarter messaging app by themacguffinman on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @08:51PM (#12553496)

For Google, the web is the desktop. They have a Google Music desktop client: it's any standards compliant browser (yes, it has access to files and filesystem sync). And because it's the web, it supports Windows, Mac, or Linux.

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Re:Say hello to Google Allo: a smarter messaging app by tdkl on Thursday September 22, 2016 @08:15AM (#12556250)

Of course, there aren't any ads to be served on the desktop, you could be shudder offline.

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