I mean, microsoft's storage solution is called onedrive. That's pretty damn similar.

Yes they own more than a few trademarks for One in the space. MS OneNote, One guide.

But hey Googlers are gonna downvote when Google spends millions of branding/marketing a new product only to be called on copying MS of all companies.

Well it’s not an analogy. It’s just stealing a product name from a competitor, it really doesn’t matter if the products aren’t in the same space.

If Google created Google Windows and the product wasn’t an OS, it’s still a rip off right?

It’s one thing when it’s Apple/google maps because it’s a generic and descriptive mark, but One? Should have just gone full stop Google Windows.

If we are going down this road, Microsoft copied HTC, who not only had a product called "One" but also ones called "One S" and "One X"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTC_One_S

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTC_One_X

Ok...I’m no MS fanboy.

But MS OneNote was released right around the same time.

But let’s be serious Google spent millions to brand/launch this, and it’s got to be embarrassing that either: a. None of the yesmen thought to speak up and say hey should we really use a name MS uses for a bunch of their products (One Note, Xbox One, One OS, One Guide); or b. Straight ripped it.

Android One is 4 or 5 years old.

Companies have been naming things with "one" since forever.

Had they called it “iDrive”, or summat, the rip-off would have been obvious even though Apple has no such named product. Little accessory makers can get away with such naming because a) “Cheap-Ass iAccessories” isn’t a household name and b) their product probably has something to do with Apple stuff.

For a company like Google, I find it a bit embarrassing.

Who ripped off whom?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InfoGear#iPhone

The "i" in all of Apple's names stands for Internet in 1990s nomenclature.

Similarly the word "one" predates any usage by MS.

Possible. First thing Google One made me think of was that they're getting into the gaming space.