U.S. states lean toward breaking up Google's ad tech business

Re:U.S. states lean toward breaking up Google's ad tech busi... by bosswipe on Friday June 05, 2020 @03:21PM (#23432707)

There's a lot of truth in what you're saying but Google did create some interesting products in its second decade, here's the list I came up with:

- Google Assistant is advanced magic. Much better than Apple's Siri or Amazon's Alexa, IMO.

- Google Photos is great.

- TensorFlow is close to its industry's standard.

- Chromebooks and Chrome OS are a hit.

- The Pixel line of phones is great, especially their industry leading camera innovations.

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Re:U.S. states lean toward breaking up Google's ad tech busi... by Avicebron on Friday June 05, 2020 @05:31PM (#23434240)

A little off topic: I had the worst experience with Chromebooks, I used one a short time ago and couldn't install essentially anything outside of "approved" google apps. No package manager, 3d modelling software, my whole dev workflow just didn't work. I eventually bit the bullet and bought a 2019 macbook pro to get back to some semblance of sanity. My 2015 had passed :/. Does anyone do dev work on chromebooks?

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Re:U.S. states lean toward breaking up Google's ad tech busi... by izacus on Friday June 05, 2020 @05:59PM (#23434523)

No, because Chromebooks aren't meant to be good Dev machines. Just like feature phones aren't good at being camera replacements.

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Re:U.S. states lean toward breaking up Google's ad tech busi... by catalogia on Friday June 05, 2020 @06:55PM (#23434930)

The difference between a camera phone and a professional camera is one of hardware. The difference between a Chromebook and a useful computer is one of software. Installing Debian on my Chromebook Pixel turned a pointless toy into a reasonable tool. It doesn't matter what software you install on your camera phone, the sensor and glass will still be shit.

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Re:U.S. states lean toward breaking up Google's ad tech busi... by sincerely on Friday June 05, 2020 @10:08PM (#23436186)

Unless your entire dev workflow happens in Google chrome I'm a little confused why you bought a chromebook for development work

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Re:U.S. states lean toward breaking up Google's ad tech busi... by Avicebron on Friday June 05, 2020 @10:47PM (#23436374)

I didn't buy it, it's something somehow had extra that I tried to make work for a bit

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Re:U.S. states lean toward breaking up Google's ad tech busi... by mav3rick on Saturday June 06, 2020 @11:46AM (#23439957)

You get a nice Linux VM built into Chrome OS now. Linux apps and files are integrated in the OS.

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